Akashi Meïsei 50cl 40°
Akashi Meïsei translating as "Fame", is a combination of Single Malt and grain whiskies, produced by the White Oak distillery.
Developing whiskies of great richness, the White Oak distillery is the oldest in Japan and opened in 1919. Located on Honshu island, off Kobe, the distillery is owned by the Eigashima company, one of the oldest Sake producers in Japan.
Aged in American oak casks, Akashi Meïsei is a combination of great quality, with 45% of malted barley and develops woody and spicy vanilla notes.
Volume | 0.5 L |
ABV | 40 ° |
Type | Blended Whisky |
Distillery | White Oak |
Country | Japan |
Maturation | American Oak |
Peat | Non Peated |
Packaging | Case |
Reference: | 22858 |
The history - if not the legend - of Japanese whiskey starts with Masataka Taketsuru, founding father of Japanese whisky, who embarked on a two-year journey to Scotland after World War One to learn the art of distilling.
When he returned, Shijiro Torii, founder of Suntory, relied on Taketsuru’s knowledge to build the Yamazaki distillery in 1924. A few years later, Taketsuru took off and established his own company, Nikka, still recognized today for the quality of its malts. Japanese whisky became very popular after World War Two with the renewed prosperity. Most Japanese executives and managers of companies based on the US model started enjoying whisky as part of an after-work convention destined to foster the company’s team spirit.
Taketsuru was not the first to distil whisky, as White Oak offered older whiskies. Located in Akashi, on the coast of the interior sea of Seto, the White Oak distillery obtained its license to distil whisky and other spirits as early as 1919. The distillery is today owned by the Eigashima Company, one of the oldest sake producers in Japan, established in 1679. It became one of the most famous distiller of the traditional Japanese alcohol, and the first to bottle sake in 1899.