Description
An unpeated Japanese single malt from Nikka’s Miyagikyo distillery, made with aromatic yeasts that encourages the development of delicately fruity flavours.
The nose brings aromas of lavender, marshmallow, peach, pear, apricot, vanilla, coconut and summer flowers, complemented by notes of green ferns, freshly-baked brioche, white peaches, pears, acacia honey and sea salt on the palate. The finish is filled with lingering notes of chamomile tea, freshly cut grass, fiery ginger and pear blossom.
Nikka
Yoichi
whisky japonais
blended whisky
COLOR
Bright gold.
NOSE
Refined, full of ardour. The very exuberant first nose (lavender, marshmallow, marsh mallow plant) is also softly liquoricey and lush (malted barley). Allowed to breathe, succulent perfumes of comté cheese, flowering meadow, and fruits (peach, pear, apricot) intensely take hold of the olfactory arena. Gradually, notes of vanilla, coconut milk and lemon meringue tart draw out the first stage of the tasting.
PALATE
Radiant, well-balanced. The full-bodied attack is at first refreshingly herbaceous (barley field, fern). Very delicately, the mid-palate then becomes wonderfully rich (brioche, leavened baguette). Next, white peaches and pears release their deliciously tangy juice onto the taste buds as acacia honey spreads voluptuously around the sides of the palate.
FINISH
Long, silky. Closely linked to the end of the palate, incredibly fresh flavours of herbal
tea (sage, camomile, verbena) cross through the start of the finish. At the end of the finish, grains of salt are placed gently onto a bed of cut grass. The mentholated, very slightly empyreumatic (smoking cigar) and spicy (fresh ginger) retro-nasal olfaction gradually reveals subtle floral notes (pear tree, lily of the valley). The empty glass releases fermentation aromas.
