Taketsuru 35 Year Old Pure Malt 75cl / 2004 Release

Taketsuru 35 Year Old Pure Malt 75cl / 2004 Release

A very rare bottling of Taketsuru released in 2004, the first release of the 35 year old.

Nikka was founded in 1934 by Masataka Taketsuru, a former Suntory employee who had studied at the University of Glasgow, and later trained as a blender at the now lost Hazelburn distillery in Campbeltown. Taketsuru opened the Yoichi distillery in the same year as establishing the company, followed by the Nishinomaya and Miyagikyo distilleries in 1959 and 1969, respectively. Since 1989 the company has also has also had a stake in the Scotch whisky industry after they purchased the struggling Ben Nevis distillery. Today they are one of the second largest whisky producer in Japan.

At 35 years this is the oldest Taketsuru bottled and this blended malt contains casks vatted from Yoichi and Miyagikyo distilleries, using the oldest available stock from both distilleries.

One of only 1000 bottles.