Nagahama Distillery Single Malt Wine Cask x Bourbon Cask Japanese Whisky is produced on the shore of Lake Biwa, Japan’s largest lake, in Shiga prefecture. It’s an extension of Nagahama Roman Beer’s brewery that occupies the same site. In fact, the company’s whisky operation and beer operation are one in the same up to fermentation.

The distillery is well-known known for their world-blend Amahagan series, but their single malt Japanese whisky is a different affair: one fermentation yields one distillation batch that yields one cask, which is all released at cask-strength, single cask. Considering the distillery’s small size, they’re fairly adventurous. One of the latest releases for example has a mashbill of malt and rye. Their wood program features a variety of different casks including Bordeaux, Oloroso sherry and Bourbon.

This unique small batch lightly peated single malt was matured in a combination of wine and bourbon casks for over 3 years and that have resulted in a flavour packed expression that brings lots of rich fruits, gentle grapes, lashings of vanilla and soft black pepper spice. Bottled at cask strength 55.4% from cask #0078. It’s another fantastic expression from this up and coming distillery that has already delivered some truly delicious whiskies. 

The Finer Details
Style - Japanese Whisky
Country - Japan
Bottle Size - 500ml
ABV - 55.4%