Akashi Single Malt 50cl 46°

Best pick Akashi Single Malt 50cl 46°

Distillery : White Oak / Country : Japan / Reference: : 22311

The White Oak distillery is the oldest in Japan and develops rich whiskies by combining ancestral Scottish methods with Japanese culture. It started its activity in 1919.

Located on Honshu Island, near Kobe, it is owned by Eigashima, one of Japan's oldest sake producers.

The White Oak Distillery offers us with this Akashi Single Malt, a round whisky with balanced aromas of chamomile and berries and a delicate woody and vanilla touch. This Single Malt has matured in Sherry and Bourbon casks. It is very lightly peated and has been produced with barley from Scotland. It is an un-chillfiltered whisky.

70,00 € tax incl.

soit 140,00 € / litre

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Features
Volume0.5 L
ABV46 °
TypeSingle malt
DistilleryWhite Oak
CountryJapan
MaturationBourbon & Sherry
PeatLightly Peated
CharacteristicsNon Chill-Filtered
PackagingCase
Reference:22311

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.

Colour: gold with amber highlights.

Nose: delicate with hints of chamomile and aromas of red berries from sherry.

Palate: round and subtle with hints of vanilla and pastry butter.

Finale: sweet and woody with aromas of vanilla. It is long and delicate.

9th best selling whiskey in the world, Drinks International 2023.