Nikka 12 Year Old Coffey Malt

Nikka Yoichi 10 Year Old

Colour is a fairly pale golden. Nose seems a little sweet and figgy. Very dusty and dry (like a sangiovese) with a hint of invert sugar. Like a molasses cookie. Finishes with a touch of fire and warmth in the back of the throat. Surprisingly delightful.

Score 76/100

Nikka Yoichi Yoichi SMWS 116.18 Amazing toffee, honey sweetness

My wife and I recently went to our first Scotch Malt Whisky Society tasting which was very very cool. We'd gone through quite a different distilleries at this point, having tried Glenmorangie, Glen Moray, Caol Ila, Aultmore, a lovely Glenmorangie new make spirit and a very nasty industrial grade caramel coloring. We'd been at this for over three...

Score 96/100

Nikka Yoichi Single Malt

I opened one of my bottles and had a dram. I suspect like most whiskies what I write now will be amendable after I get further down and more air finds it way into the bottle. Thus, the following nosing/tasting are from the first dram after opening. Before Adding Water Nose: Very light peat (faint) smoke/leather (similar to Taketsuru 17yo but not...

Score 87/100

Nikka Yoichi 15 Year Old

Yoichi is produced at Yoichi distillery, located on Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost main island. The distillery belongs to Nikka Whisky Distilling Company that in turn is owned by Asahi Breweries. Nikka was established in 1934 by Masataka Taketsuru, one of the founders of the Japanese whisky industry. This is a rich nose! It starts with vanilla and...

Score 87/100