The globally renowned online retailer of Japanese whisky, dekantā, has revealed a Japanese Mizunara oak finished private label Japanese whisky, inspired by a Japanese military leader, to mark their fourth anniversary.
Here it deserves a mention that dekantā offers the world’s largest online selection of authentic Japanese spirits and since the opening of its online store in 2015, has delivered to 127 countries across every continent in the world.
This private label, single cask whisky from dekantā has spent time maturing in a cask freshly emptied of Scotch whisky from the closed Port Ellen distillery, before being finished in a cask of Japanese Mizunara oak.
The Eigashima 2011 Kigai – Ki Series with 60 percent abv, is a highly limited release of only 352 bottles. dekantā unveiled the design of the new bottling as part of an exclusive event in central Tokyo, which was streamed to their online audience. It is the second release in the Ki Series of Japanese whiskies, the first of which was the Eigashima 2011 Kikou – Ki Series.
The Eigashima 2011 Kigai is the second in the Ki Series of independently bottled Japanese whiskies from dekantā. It is so called because each whisky in the series will explore an aspect of life imbued with the Japanese concept of Ki – one of the most meaningful words in the Japanese language. The label and packaging are inspired by a Shōgun military leader of the Samurai caste, and is so named Kigai, meaning ‘strong, willful and unshakeable’ in Japanese.
The nose of the whisky offers up buttered toast, lemon zest, cereals, unripened pineapple and varnished oak. Sweet poached pears warm the palate, followed by fruit pastilles, sugared almonds and chilli jam. The sweetness is balanced by gentle hints of peat smoke and subtle wasabi spice that grow in the background. A touch of water brings juicy peach and bolder peaty notes. Building smoke carries a finish of gentle oakiness, hints of green chilli and white pepper spice.
Priced at 749 USD, the whisky is available for worldwide delivery from dekanta.com.
