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Nikka Yoichi Single Malt

This is the new no age-statement single malt released by Nikka on 1 September 2015 as a result of the radical restructuring of their whisky portfolio due to drastically depleted stocks. This bottling has replaced the entire Yoichi core range, i.e. the 10-, 12-, 15- and 20-year old expressions. (Nikka’s other distillery, Miyagikyo, faces exactly...

Score 79/100

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

Nikka Yoichi Sherry Wood Finish

Nikka is out of mature stocks of its award winning Yoichi and hence took all whisky with age statement of the market. Until they have stocks that have reached a respectable age again, we have to make do with NAS releases. This Yoichi was finished on sherry casks casks. Very aromatic yet straightforward nose on dark fruit (think plums, raisin and...

Score 88/100

Nikka Yoichi 12 Year Old

Living in the U.S. has many advantages. Drinking Japanese whisky, however, is not one of them. We have four options available here: Yamazaki 12 and 18, Hibiki 12, and Hakushu 12. To get my hands on something different, I ordered the Nikka Yoichi 12 from teh whiskyexchange in the U.K. At alomst 70 GBP, this baby had quite a premium for a 12 year....

Score 85/100