Nikka Days Smooth & Delicate /unpacked/ 40%/ 0.7l

Nikka Distilling Company belongs to Asahi Breweries and is the second largest producer of alcoholic beverages in Japan after Suntory.

Its portfolio includes three distilleries in Japan – Yoichi, Miyagikyo and the now-closed Nishinomiya, and one in Scotland, Ben Nevis. Since autumn 2015, due to lack of stock, the company has limited its single malt offering to just one Yoichi and one Miyagikyo, focusing more on blended whiskies (the latter may use Ben Nevis malt to blend ). The core of Nikka Days is the slightly “peated” Yoichi and grain whiskies from the Miyagikyo distillery. The whisky debuted in 2018 and is available outside its native Japan.  

Nose: light and mild, grainy, breakfast cereals, lemon peel, apples, pears, white chocolate, traces of hay and oak shavings.  

Palate: sweet cereal, toffee, vanilla, roasted peanuts, lemon peel, white pepper, mint leaf and oak.  

Finish : not too long, with notes of cereal, vanilla, brown sugar, cooked apples and oak.