Please take into account that these are my personal tasting notes and personal experience. as such you may interpret this whisky very differently from me.
Colour:
Gold.
Nose:
Sweet, honey and flowers.
Palate:
Strong alcohol, giving way to honey, caramel and toffee.
Finish:
Long, fruity, with oak and the sweetness still present. A dash of spice at the end.
Overall:
After being blinded by the initial alcohol burn (this is bottled at 51.4% after all) I found this to be a deliciously sweet and even light whisky.
Classic Rock Match:
Following a post by @the_whisky_lady entitled ON THE ROCKS: Match Your Whisky With Rock Classics I’m going to try and match my tastings with a classic rock song.
For this dram I’m going with Elton John – Rocket Man.
Notes:
Taken from Nikka Webstie:
FROM THE BARREL
Alcohol:51.4%
Matured malt whisky and grain whisky are blended and then re-casked (a process known as “marriage”) to create a rich harmony of distinctly different whiskies. “From the Barrel” is bottled directly from re-casked barrels of whisky and features almost the same alcohol percentage. At 51.4% alcohol content, this whisky possesses a distinctive personality characterized by solidity, depth of taste and a richly expanding aroma.
Nice post. I haven’t had Nikka in a while but it’s a tasty dram that would definitely trick many experienced whisky drinkers into thinking it’s a single malt. I think the mix of (near) cask strength and cask maturation is makes this an interesting blended whisky.
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Agreed it certainly has a single malt quality to it. I’m intend on trying more Japanese whiskies now… when funds allow that is.
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