White Oak Distillery is owned by Eigashima Shuzo, home of the Akashi brand, founded in 1679 and with nearly 100 years of experience in whiskey production in Japan. Located in the city of Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, it is considered one of Japan's areas with the best air and drinking water quality. It is both strategic, given its proximity to Osaka, and evocative, due to its view of the picturesque Seto Inland Sea.
Eigashima Shuzo first entered the spirits business to produce sake and shochu in 1888, before obtaining a license in 1919 to produce whiskey directly in Japan, in response to increased demand for this product, demand that until then was met by resorting to imports. As one of the pioneers in this field, the original distillery was built in the Scottish style, and it was decided to use only specially selected barley imported from Scotland for production.
It was not until 1984, however, that White Oak Distillery came to life, the year the company built a new plant with a modern unit dedicated to malt whiskies, transporting pot stills and washbacks from the old facility and converting the former distillery into a warehouse.
Traditional Japanese whiskies are unequivocally linked to Scotch whiskies with the same ability to surprise every connoisseur while differing in certain aspects. Indeed, Japanese whiskies are created with an emphasis on smoothness, using distillation methods now almost abandoned in Scotland.
Like all Japanese whiskies, Tokinoka Black stands out for its remarkable elegance and perfect execution. But Tokinoka Black combines typical Japanese silkiness with considerable strength, given above all by its high alcohol content. A complex and satisfying whiskey from the historic White Oak distilleries, a piece of Japanese malt history.
ORIGINJapan
ABV %50.00
VOL. ML500
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