Akashi Toji Blended Whisky - White Oak
 
Akashi Toji Japanese Whisky is a blended Japanese whisky with no age definition composed of single malt and single grain whiskys aged in a mix of oak barrels before being bottled at a classic 40% vol. Do you know what the word Toji means in Japanese? Identify a great master in the art of sake brewing.
 
Type: Whisky
Origin: Japan
Alcohol content: 40%
Format: 70cl
 
Tasting Notes: Color, light amber. Aroma, the nose is sweet with notes of honey, vanilla and toasted dried fruit with a sprinkling of black pepper. Taste, soft on the palate with notes of honey, vanilla, fruit cake and pepper with hints of cinnamon. Final, it is of medium persistence, with notes of honey, citrus fruits, cinnamon, ginger and toffee.
 
The Distillery: The White Oak distillery is located just outside the town of Akashi, in Hyogo prefecture. It was one of the first to receive the state license for the production of spirits (1919) and is especially famous for the production of sake. Akashi is in fact the only whisky in the world produced by a Toji (great master in the art of sake production), who introduced some measures used in sake for the production of this whisky.