Miyagikyo & Yoichi Apple Brandy Wood Finish 2020 / Masataka & Rita 100th Wedding Anniversary 2 x 70cl

A Japanese single malt bottling from Nikka's flagship distillery in Hokkaido. 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, modelling its pot stills on the long-necked design of the Longmorn stills in Speyside.

Due to stock shortages in the Nikka warehouses brought about by unprecedented demand for Japanese whisky in the 21st century, the company discontinued all of its age-statements in 2015.

This is a 2020 bottling of whisky that has been finished in Apple Brandy Wood. It was released to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the marriage between Masataka and his wife, Rita.