Akashi Blue Label Whisky

Akashi Blue Label WhiskyAkashi Blue is one of those whiskies that surprises people. It's made at a small Japanese distillery where the head distiller is also a Toji (a master of sake production) and those sake making techniques carry over into the whisky in a really noticeable way. The result is something unusually smooth and delicate for its age, with a gentle sweetness from bourbon cask ageing and a touch of richness from a sherry cask finish. It's a great entry point into

and fruity aromas of lychee

The vodka is triple-distilled

More red fruits on the palate but then

Perfectly medium-bodied in structure with silky tannins and a lingering fruity

vanilla and traces of ginger and nutmeg

James Joyce

Full bodied and tightly structured the palate shows perfect ripeness and brooding richness along with a razor-like spine of beautifully integrated acidity and fine tannin that will greatly reward those with the patience to cellar it

Sourced from premium Upper Yarra Valley vineyards

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Will richen and build with a few years in the cellar

the flavour is continuously being refined

while firm yet balanced tannins and a tight acid line give the wine a long