Nikka 12 Pure Malt Tasting Notes and Ratings.

Nikka 12 Pure Malt

Added on Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 11:10 PM

Bottler:

Age:	12 yrs	Type:	Japanese
Vintage:	N/A	Subtype:	Single Malt
ABV:	40.00 %	Region:	N/A
Price:	N/A	Availability:	Overseas Specialty

Member Ratings and Notes

Chris

N: Wood, malt, butterscotch.
P: Malt balls and light smoke.
F: Tangy.
Crisp and clean but too thin...

Adam

White wine and solvent in the nose -- notably with bright, tangy fruit, like hard candies. Lightly floral. Palate is light-medium bodied, honey, with spice. Fruity-bubblegum-y notes in the periphery. Finish is lingering. I like this, it's crisp but dimensional and has some moderate chewy-ness. Or is it chewiness? Both sound like they have to do with a wookie.

Fuji

Warm butter and toasted malt. Freshly cut yellow grass and ti kuan yin tea leaves. Fairly woody on the palate with Citrus and pineapple. Washington apples and Bosc pears mid palate. Medium length finish of honey and sugar cane.

Ries

n: coconut, strawberry fruit roll-up, dried pears with a whiff of burnt paper. Cinnamon on buttered wheat toast and toffee.

t: warm butterscotch, oak char, and a nice earthy smoke. Body is soft and creamy with a hint of black mushroom and oak. Fades to vanilla and leather midway. Dry sandalwood and ash in the short finish.

I wish this was bottled at a higher ABV to bring out more depth and intensity to the flavour. [B-/B Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt 12 Year Old]

compared side-by-side:

12 year: richer buttery note , vanilla, and more wood influence.

NAS: green vegetal, lemon, and more alcohol bite.

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