Nikka 1987 Single Cask Warehouse #15
| Category | JAPANESE |
| Distillery | Yoichi |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1987 |
| Bottled Year | 2006 |
| Age | 17년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry Butt |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 53.5% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Yoichi |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
홋카이도 요이치 증류소가 1987년에 받아낸 원액이 셰리 버트 한 통에서 십칠 년을 보낸 싱글 캐스크 웨어하우스 십오번 보틀링이 잔에 짙은 적호박빛으로 머금어진다. 홋카이도 해안의 짠 바닷바람이 일본 셰리 우드의 깊이를 더한다. 향에서 말린 자두와 호두 기름, 옅은 가죽이 두꺼운 질감으로 흐른다. 입에서는 오십삼 점 오 도의 알코올이 무화과 잼과 다크 초콜릿, 짭조름한 미네랄로 풀려간다. 일본 북부의 단단한 캐릭터가 끝맛에 깊게 머문다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
boy does it talk indeed. It is probably spicier and more herbal, more on ‘Japanese aromas’, with some incense, sandalwood, resinous woods (mizunara?), tiny green apples and pears, eucalyptus and camphor, then some green smoke (garden bonfire) and a very complex set of spices, all based on saps and resins. Thuja wood? Love it. With water: we’re now in precious teas territories, with also a good deal of fresh nutmeg (very vivid) and fresh cinnamon. A touch of grated horseradish. Fab nose
restaurant Palate
exceptional, thick, ridden with waxy and sappy flavours, some tiny dried fruits (jujube?) and really a lot of sandalwood once again. Completely different from the Chichibu, but just as sublime. Less smoky for sure, but still smoky. With water: incredibly complex, pine-y, resinous, ‘Japanese’, perhaps one of the last of its kind – knowing that Karuizawa’s in a separate – not saying higher – league
timer Finish
long, superbly camphory. Add zillions of tiny sappy flavours, many unknown to me