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Each individual cask displays Fukano’s signature aromas of ripe fruit and toasted baking spice—think...
750ml
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Distilled by Hans Reisetbauer, this is like an amplified version of his 12 year old (see below). Red pears,...
700ml
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This blended whisky is an ideal sipper, with an enticing crème brûlèe and dried apricot scents. Those notes are...
750ml
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6 bottles:
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Gold color. Aromas and flavors of honey and toasted vienna malt, white flowers and oak dust, orange marmalade, and...
750ml
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$80.66
Burning cedar, chocolate-flavored tobacco notes, and sooty ash pierce through this powerful whisky's smoky aromas,...
700ml
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$39.34
This lightly-peated whisky is golden and bright, offering honey and fresh pear aromas. The silky palate opens mellow...
750ml
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Peppery spice rubs, light vanilla, and whipped cream meet a stealthy growth of grassy peat smoke, leading to aromas...
700ml
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$82.80
NOSE: Ripened dark fruits, white pepper, and aged allspice mix harmoniously with subtle citrus & morning dew. PALATE:...
375ml
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Amazing depth of colour and outstanding red berry flavours, particularly strawberry, lend this red Icewine to pair...
375ml
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$70.99
$76.94
This is a glorious icewine where acidity and sugar are in perfect harmony. The candied orange peel, ginger, straw and...
375ml
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$66.94
$74.20
The 2019 Gold Vidal Icewine was fermented and aged for about 14 weeks in 90% new French oak. It comes in with 272...
750ml
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$41.95
12 bottles:
$41.11
A brand new wine for Jolie-Laide, several years in the making. This is a new planting at an exciting vineyard in...
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$28.58
$30.08
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Our Grape and ginger transfusion flavored soju is a genuinely bold spin on the classic cocktail, the perfect balance...
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Whisky might not be the first thing that springs to mind when we think of Japanese fine produce, but over the past one hundred years, this fascinating and multi-faceted country has diligently forged a unique whisky identity which is growing in popularity, and which is entirely its own.
The story of Japanese whisky begins in 1918, when Masataka Taketsuru was sent to Scotland to undertake a tour of single malt distilleries in the Highlands, and bring home a knowledge of whisky and distillation skills. He returned full of inspiration, helped no doubt by his new Scottish wife, and alongside his friend, Shinjiro Torii, set up what would become a successful whisky industry.
Today, the Japanese whisky industry is spread over a relatively small handful of distilleries, which continue to use Scottish techniques and recipes, but with a hefty dose of distinctly Japanese experimentalism. This is displayed most obviously in the barrelling techniques the Japanese use - to create a distinctly Oriental set of tasting notes, native Japanese oakwood casks are used for ageing, alongside casks taken from plum wine producers, which impart a beautiful set of floral flavors to the whisky.
While some distilleries produce some excellent single malts, the majority of Japanese whiskies are blended, which reveals a unique set of flavors and aromas ranging from honeysuckle and orange blossom, to toffee and acetone.