A fantastic 12 year old blended Japanese whisky from Nikka presented in a bottle that takes its design from the neckline of a kimono. Enjoy neat, over ice or in a classic highball.
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Butterscotch, poached pears, toffee apples, nougat and nutmeg.
Buttery oak, rounded malt, a touch of leather and a hint of smoke.
Spicy, fruity, decent length with a little cocoa.
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A surprise, since it came to my hands as a gift of 50 years, straight from Japan!
It's a really nice blend. I love every dram. Quite mellow, but not one dimensional. £95 worth? I don't know. To me, I can't find a characteristic to it's profile that makes it recognisable by taste. Maybe I haven't tried enough Nikka. I love all the Japanese whisks I've tried but it seems the price of them is increasing every time I buy a new bottle. Looking on here, it seems like a good whisk for the price in relation to other Japanese offerings. Even with the inflated cost, I'd personally hunt down another a bottle the Yamazaki 12y. But at ~£100 a bottle, what great scotchs could you get for that...? Hard to rate whisky so simply, but 4/5 in flavour in relation to sub £100 whiskys I've tried. Dock another point because you can find equally great offerings for £50-70, making this a very expensive choice.
This is a really good blended whiskey. It has all that I love about whisky, complexity and richness. Just love it so sad that it almost empty
It's rare to find Japanese malt with an age statement these days. This Nikka blend does not seem to have much grain in it. I have been repeatedly tasting it along with the now extremely rare age statement Takeshiro single malts, both the 12 and the 17. The Nikka 12 is actually rather close to the Taketsuru 17 but is a tad more spirity. The Taketsuru 12 is the smoothest of the three but the Nikka 12 is a great buy.
Full bodied, pleasant oak, rich, fruity (Apple), cream, vanilla and caramel with a touch of peat which gives it a salty/savory flavor. Flavor profile is quite similar to Highland Park 12 but richer in flavor and taste. Amazing for a blended whisky to be as rich and flavorful as a single malt Scotch. Easily blows away any blended scotch at 12 years old. Its even way better than Dewars 15 which is watery, spirity and lacks flavor and complexity. Had this for less than 5000 yen and absolutely worth it for that price. Too bad this whisky is overpriced outside of Japan.
