NIKKA from the Barrel
Nikka From the Barrel 51.4%
Inhalt: 0,5 Liter
Mit Farbstoff
Farbe: Rötlich braun mit schwarzen Reflexen. Aroma: Ein massiver Schwall Torf und sofortige eichige Trockenheit. Aber das Torf kehrt bald zurück mit Kippers und Salz. Massiv und kernig mit einer stetig wachsenden Öligkeit und Süße. Groß und kräftig, Charakter ohne Ende und auch einem Tropfen Wasser nicht abgeneigt.
Die Destillerie Nikka wurde 1934 unter dem Namen Yoichi von Masataka Taketsuru gegründet. Sie ist somit die zweitälteste Brennerei in Japan und die einzige Destillerie auf der Nordinsel Hokkaido. Die Produktion startete 1936. 4 Jahre später kam der erste Whisky auf den Markt. Vorher wurde Geld mit der Herstellung von Fruchtsäften verdient. 1952 wurde der Name in Nikka Whisky Distilling Co. Ltd. geändert.
Aktuell gibt es eine Abfüllung ohne Altersangabe und verschiedene Single Malts im Alter zwischen 10 und 20 Jahren.
The Founder Father of Japanese Whisky
In 1918, Masataka Taketsuru embarked alone on a long voyage to Scotland. In this distant land the secrets of whisky-making would be imparted to this young Japanese man, and here he would meet the woman who would become his bride.Masataka Taketsuru was born in the coastal town of Takehara (now Takehara City) about 60km from Hiroshima City. The Taketsuru family owned a sake (Japanese brew made form fermented rice) brewery that goes back to 1733-- and continues to produce fine sake today, in 2004. Taught early that sake making is a painstaking fine art, Masataka studied diligently and trained at university as a chemist, preparing to carry on the family trade. However, Scotch whisky captured the young man's imagination, as well as the interest of few other enterprising Japanese of that day. He decided to dedicate his life to whisky.
Given the chance to go to Scotland, Masataka enrolled at the University of Glasgow and became the first Japanese ever to study the art of whisky making. He took chemistry courses at the university and apprenticed at distilleries, learning first-hand from craftsmen and receiving training as a blender. Masataka would later become known as a master blender. In 1920 Masataka returned to Japan with Jessie Roberta (Rita), whom he had married earlier that year. Later joining a company that aspired to make genuine whisky, he succeeded under its employment in producing Japan's first whisky.Masataka's vision of whisky was formed by his experience in Scotland, and he knew that the right environment was essential. However, it was becoming apparent that in order to produce whisky as he felt it had to be, he would have to become independent.
Thus in 1934 Masataka established Nikka Whisky, and built its first distillery in Yoichi, Hokkaido, which though inconveniently located he had always considered to be the ideal site in Japan for whisky-making, similar in many ways to the Scottish town where he had studied. Masataka established Nikka because he was determined to introduce his fellow Japanese to the joys of authentic whisky. In the decades since, as his company developed and the enjoyment of whisky became a fixture in Japan, he remained relentlessly passionate about quality. Never did he allow it to be sacrificed in favor of efficiency. In that sense, Masataka Taketsuru, Father of Japanese Whisky, sake brewer's son, had never truly left his roots.
The young Scotswoman who, in 1920, embarked with her Japanese husband on a long voyage to Japan, adopted the ways of the distant land. She steadfastly supported her husband throughout their marriage, as he built Nikka and made it flourish, until her passing in 1961. Rita and Masataka Taketsuru are buried together, in Yoichi.
