Nikka Yoichi 12 Year Old

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 SMWS 116.18 - Amazing Toffee, Honey Sweetness

18yo Yoichi aged in a refill butt. ‘Amazing toffee, honey sweetness’ @64.4% ABV and 1/410 Bottles. To smell; Well, often times when I'm nosing a whisky it's not surprising for flavours to take some coaxing from the glass to squeeze past the alcohol, not so in this case. Flying out of the glass faster than can be written down we have Fairy Floss,...

Score 97/100

Nikka Yoichi 1991 Single Cask Malt cask #129459

This Yoichi single cask matured for a full 23 years in a virgin oak puncheon. It was distilled on 28 February 1991. In July 2014 it was bottled at a staggering 62% (which makes me believe it was not put to sleep at the industry standard of 63,5%). The virgin oak gave it a beautiful dark color. When the label says ‘heavily peated’, I naturally...

Score 91/100

Nikka Yoichi 20 Year Old

sample from a friend Nose: Faint, not the most pungent here. All the same, there is beautiful integration. Pear, quiet apple and lemon, graphite. Oil (putty, I like this). Ginger. Stones and something almost coastal, but not fully. Sandalwood in the far rear, with just the slightest of spice and salt. (with water) Amps up the aromas. Moving here...

Score 90/100