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Yoichi

Located 50 kilometers west of the city of Sapporo on the Hokkaido island, the Yoichi distillery was founded in 1934 by Masataka Taketsuru founder of Nikka. Regional climate similar to that of Scotland, and the presence of peat and a source of pure water are the ideal conditions sought by Taketsuru to build his own first distillery. The sea air and the use of peat for malting barley are at the origin of a so assured and powerfull character more or less peaty of the Yoichi’s whiskies …

Brand Distillery / range / reference Type Age Vol. Opinion
Nikka Yoichi 1988 Heavily Peated 25 62% None
Nikka Yoichi 20 year-old 20 52% None
Nikka Yoichi 25 year-old 25 52% None
Nikka Yoichi 12 year-old Nikka Key Malt Woody & Vanilla 12 55% None
Nikka Yoichi 12 year-old Nikka Key Malt Soft & Dry 12 59% None
Nikka Yoichi 15 year-old 15 45% None
Nikka Yoichi 10 year-old 10 45% None
Nikka Yoichi 10 year-old Single Cask 10 64% None
Nikka Yoichi 12 year-old 12 45% None
Nikka Yoichi 12 year-old Single Coffey grain 70ème anniversaire 12 58% None
Nikka Yoichi 12 year-old Old Label 12 43% None
Nikka Yoichi 12 year-old Pure Malt Hokkaido 12 43% None
Nikka Yoichi 12 year-old Nikka Key Malt Sherry & Sweet 12 55% None
Nikka Yoichi 12 year-old Nikka Key Malt Peaty & Salty 12 55% 2
Nikka Yoichi No Age Statement NAS 43% None
Nikka Yoichi 5 year-old 5 64% None