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    Nikka Taketsuru 17 Year Old 70cl Whisky

    Japan • 70cl • 43%
    Number of reviews:(30)
    Product details
    age17 Year Old Whisky
    bottler

    Nikka

    countryJapanese Whisky
    distillery/brandNikka Whisky
    styleBlended Malt Whisky

    Nikka Taketsuru 17 Year Old

    This is a great 17 year old blended malt named for Nikka's founder, the whisky-pilgrim Masataka Taketsuru.

    This bottle was part of a private collection - if you'd like more detailed photos just get in touch!

    Tasting Note by The Chaps at Master of Malt

    Nose

    Fresh and fruity with fruit salad, berries, sultanas and some other dried fruit, vanilla, fragrant wood and honey.

    Palate

    Spicy and rounded with vanilla, blood orange and a little chocolate.

    Finish

    Medium-length, slightly bittersweet, oak, fruit and cocoa.

    Winner of 7 spirit awards

    Winner
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    World's Best Grain Whisky - 2017
    World Whiskies Awards
    Winner
    Winner
    World's Best Blended Malt - 2014
    World Whiskies Awards
    Winner
    Winner
    World's Best Blended Malt - 2015
    World Whiskies Awards
    Winner
    Winner
    World's Best Blended Malt - 2018
    World Whiskies Awards
    Winner
    Winner
    Best Japanese Blended Malt - 2014
    World Whiskies Awards
    Winner
    Winner
    Best Japanese Blended Malt - 2015
    World Whiskies Awards
    Gold
    Gold
    Japanese Blended Malt Whisky 13 to 20 Years - 2014
    World Whiskies Awards

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    This product does not contain any notifiable allergens
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    £399.00
    4.5
    30 reviews
    5 Stars21
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    Can't be beaten, regardless of price.

    I've drunk a fair amount of premium Japanese whiskey, but the Nikka 17 and 21 are the real standouts. Tasted against a Yamazaki 18 and Macallan Peter Blake, I preferred the Nikka 17, so balanced, yet powerful flavours. Increasingly hard to find, but I keep a bottle in stock at all times, even though it's getting hard to find in auction. This will be near impossible to find soon.

    Brett Phillips Jul 14, 2022

    Such a shame there is no more of this being made

    Nose: Spiced opal fruits...the whole range. Palate: Cavernous sherryesque gaseous experience. Flawless. AfteR: There is a deep mossy finish, sinking into that rotting log. Wonderful.

    David Daly Jul 5, 2020

    An Ode to Nikka Tektsuru 17

    My wife got me a sample of this as an anniversary present 3 years ago, alongside some other pretty great whiskeys from around the world, but this one retained a special memory as my fav. 2 years ago, I had the means to bottle as a treat, but to my sadness it had been discontinued. I tried a few places around London but alas, couldn't find. Discontinued everywhere. Then last weekend, going through Gydnia airport, Poland, and I see a whiskey and cigar shop. I'm thinking of maybe an older Glenfiddich, or other Speyside. Maybe a nice XO cognac. And just when I'm thinking if I can justify the spend, I spot it, on the top shelf, and immediately pick it up. My wife knows just how good I think this is, having heard me recount stories as it gradually got more epic over the years, and having been restrained at a Polish wedding to join her in not drinking (pregnant) she's more than happy for me to buy it as a treat. What a great wife. I open it up at 2am in the morning when we get back home and savour the smell. It's got that subtle smoke I remember, without being too smokey for my taste. I get hints of the sherry too, again it's subtle, but it's there. I pour a dram and it looks alluring in the glass. As I taste it, the vanilla is stronger than I remember, lasting longer on the tongue. It's slightly less berries and honey than last time too, slightly less sweet. I can't tell if this is the tiredness, the lack of memory, slight differences in the barrel, a lack of an ice cube (which I used to have, rarely have now) or my tastes changing. The next night I add a large sphere of ice and enjoy again. It helps bridge the gap, for me this is quite a powerful whiskey so a drop of water or a large cube is probably still better, but I imagine purists or those fine with peat will love it in her natural glory. Perhaps she's a little different to the last time I saw her. But my goodness is she still incredible. Way more mature than her years, and wonderfully complex. The balance between sherry and woody and sweetness and vanilla is amazing. I will absolutely buy this over and over, I think for the £150 I've paid she's the best there is.

    Excellent

    The best whiskey I’ve ever had.

    Ralph Mora Aug 22, 2019

    Rip off

    £88 May 2014 (Paris CDG airport) £190 April 2019 (Greenwellystop) Doubled in price in 5 years. And it wasnt that special 5 years ago....

    Master of Malt Customer Apr 7, 2019
    Liam Halliday Nov 15, 2019

    Reviews for Nikka Taketsuru 17 Year Old