Nikka's founder Masataka Taketsuru is considered the father of Japanese whisky. After completing studies in chemistry, he was recruited by the Settsu Shuzo company, who sent him to Scotland in 1918 to complete his apprenticeship. There he developed a passion for whisky and decided to dedicate his life to it. In 1934, he built Yoichi, his first distillery, on the island of Hokkaido. Its growing success enabled him to establish a second distillery in 1969, near Sendai, named Miyagikyo. It is from the single malts of these two distilleries that the Nikka Whisky group produces its entire range of Japanese whiskies.

A pure malt (blended malt) produced at the Nikka Whisky Distilling group and bottled in 2014 to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the group’’s founding in 1934. A limited edition, with 564 bottles allocated to the French and European market, imported by La Maison du Whisky.This version is part of the three-bottling series of commemorative Taketsuru 21 Year Olds, featuring a Madeira and Port Wood Finish and an Unchillfiltered version at 48% ABV.