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Togouchi 18 Year Old
(0.7l, 43.0%)
A cosmopolitan Japanese Whisky blend.
The Chugoku Juzo distillery was founded a century ago near Hiroshima and has been making Sake and Shochu since. Then, the Nineties came, and they decided to import cool foreign Whiskies, blend them and mature them in Japan. Since Japanese laws are pretty chill, they can be sold as Japanese Whisky. A neat trick, but it aint’ a con: most of the blenders are pretty straight-forward about the Whiskies they use.
In Togouchi’s case, its ingredients are Scotch and Canadian grain Whiskey. What’s awesome here is what they do with those Spirits. There’s a 360 meters long railway tunnel drilled through a mountain in Nishi Chugoku Sanchi that was never actually completed. The temperature is constantly 57°F and humidity is 80% all the time. One man’s failed public transport project is another man’s maturing facility. This particular bottle is 18 years old and is premium as hell. Expect lush oak notes and bright fruity touches.
The Chugoku Juzo distillery was founded a century ago near Hiroshima and has been making Sake and Shochu since. Then, the Nineties came, and they decided to import cool foreign Whiskies, blend them and mature them in Japan. Since Japanese laws are pretty chill, they can be sold as Japanese Whisky. A neat trick, but it aint’ a con: most of the blenders are pretty straight-forward about the Whiskies they use.
In Togouchi’s case, its ingredients are Scotch and Canadian grain Whiskey. What’s awesome here is what they do with those Spirits. There’s a 360 meters long railway tunnel drilled through a mountain in Nishi Chugoku Sanchi that was never actually completed. The temperature is constantly 57°F and humidity is 80% all the time. One man’s failed public transport project is another man’s maturing facility. This particular bottle is 18 years old and is premium as hell. Expect lush oak notes and bright fruity touches.
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Category
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StyleBlended Whisky
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RegionJapan
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CountryJapan
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Alcohol43.0%
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DistilleryChugoku Jozo
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Age18 Year Old
Flavor Spiral™
About The Flavor Spiral
spicy notes
creamy vanilla
oak
sweet
port
biscuit
peaty
dried fruit
berries
What does Togouchi 18 Year Old taste like?
The Flavor Spiral™ shows the most common flavors that you'll taste in Togouchi 18 Year Old and gives you a chance to have a taste of it before actually tasting it.
We invented Flavor Spiral™ here at Flaviar to get all your senses involved in tasting drinks and, frankly, because we think that classic tasting notes are boring.
The Flavor Spiral™ shows the most common flavors that you'll taste in Togouchi 18 Year Old and gives you a chance to have a taste of it before actually tasting it.
We invented Flavor Spiral™ here at Flaviar to get all your senses involved in tasting drinks and, frankly, because we think that classic tasting notes are boring.
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In recent years Japanese Whiskies have won a number of top prizes at the World Whisky Awards and have consistently scored higher than Scotch Whiskies in blind tastings.
Tasting Notes
Appearance / Color
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Nose / Aroma / Smell
Sweet nose with toffee apples, apricots and honey notes. Light cedarwood with ex-Bourbon aromas of vanilla.
Flavor / Taste / Palate
Gentle and fruity flavors of pears, peaches and melon with notes of mango and banana, followed by wood-forward palate and a hint of vanilla.
Finish
Medium finish with a gentle and spicy outro and a hint of Spirit rawness.
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