Nikka Pure Malt White Tasting note

By Miguel at 2011 Mar,16 in Tasting , Recommended , Nikka

“ At first I didn’t notice the peat, but on a second tasting I keep wondering how I wasn’t able to nose it. Peaty, floral, grainy, powerful. Very good whisky.”

A very interesting blended malt whisky from Nikka created from a marriage of different Japanese single malts.

The tradition in Japanese whisky is about each brand using only their portfolio whiskies, so very probably this nice pure malt whisky is done with Yoichi and Miyagikyo whiskies.

Brilliant with a nice amount of peat, this whisky is part of a serie of three bottles: White, Black and Red

This dram has a white-like color.

Nose (88): inexistent. sweet, peat, floral, liquorice, vanilla, spices, grains, peat. First nosing data is innacurate as the previous tasting sheet lacked of this field.

Palate (92): . sweet, peat, floral, wood, spices, barley. Bouquet data is innacurate as the previous tasting sheet lacked of this field.

Finish (92): no finish. floral, grain, honey, vanilla. Finish length is innacurate as the previous tasting sheet lacked of this field.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Nikka Pure Malt White with 91 points over 100.