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Japanese Whisky
Decades ago, both local and international interest in Japanese whisky was low, so few barrels were being laid down for extended maturation. Recent awards led to greater recognition and a massive under-supply. Nowadays, unless you visit bars or auction houses, there's usually no older stocks to sell. Global demand has been further accelerated by a collector rush, sending prices skyrocketing. Unprepared, many Japanese distilleries have discontinued their age statements, consolidating them into NAS bottlings which include younger whiskies. The dropping of age statements doesn't always translate into inferior quality. In fact, the country's best blenders have risen to the challenge of creating a great assemblage from a restricted inventory.
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| Vintage | Product | Rating | Min. Order | Bottle Price | Dozen Price | |
| Vintage: | Product: Kanosuke 2022 Limited Edition Cask Strength Japanese Single Malt Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $599.00 | Dozen Price: $7188.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Kanosuke 2021 First Edition Cask Strength Japanese Single Malt Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $799.00 | Dozen Price: $9588.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Karuizawa 1999-2000 Vintages The Masterpieces in Eight Colours 1st Batch Cask Strength Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $9,999.00 | Dozen Price: $119988.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Karuizawa 1999-2000 Vintages The Masterpieces in Eight Colours 3rd Batch Cask Strength Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $9,999.00 | Dozen Price: $119988.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Karuizawa 1999-2000 Vintages 36 Views of Mount Fuji Batch 36 Cask Strength Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $5,999.00 | Dozen Price: $71988.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Karuizawa 1999-2000 Vintages 36 Views of Mount Fuji Mount Fuji From The Mountains Of Totomi Batch 34 Cask Strength Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $5,999.00 | Dozen Price: $71988.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: 2000 | Product: Karuizawa 18 Year Old Single Cask No.7608 Cask Strength Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $5,999.00 | Dozen Price: $71988.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Karuizawa 1999-2000 Vintages 36 Views of Mount Fuji Hodogaya on the Tokaido Batch 33 Cask Strength Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $5,999.00 | Dozen Price: $71988.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Karuizawa 1999-2000 Vintages 36 Views of Mount Fuji Umezawa in Sagami Province Batch 30 Cask Strength Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $5,999.00 | Dozen Price: $71988.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Karuizawa 1999-2000 Vintages 36 Views of Mount Fuji Field in Owari Province Batch 29 Cask Strength Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $5,999.00 | Dozen Price: $71988.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Karuizawa 1999-2000 Vintages 36 Views of Mount Fuji Sunset across the Ryōgoku bridge from the bank of the Sumida River at Onmayagashi Batch 32 Cask Strength Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $5,999.00 | Dozen Price: $71988.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: 2000 | Product: Karuizawa 18 Year Old Single Cask No.7377 Cask Strength Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $5,999.00 | Dozen Price: $71988.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Karuizawa 1999-2000 Vintages 36 Views of Mount Fuji A View of Mount Fuji Across Lake Suwa Batch 31 Cask Strength Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $5,999.00 | Dozen Price: $71988.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: 2000 | Product: Karuizawa 18 Year Old Single Cask No.7550 Cask Strength Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $5,999.00 | Dozen Price: $71988.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: 2000 | Product: Karuizawa 18 Year Old Single Cask No.507 Cask Strength Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $5,999.00 | Dozen Price: $71988.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: 1999 | Product: Karuizawa Miyako Odori Geisha Label Single Cask No.899 Cask Strength Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $7,999.00 | Dozen Price: $95988.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Karuizawa 15 Year Old Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $1,799.00 | Dozen Price: $21588.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Karuizawa 1999-2000 Vintages 36 Views of Mount Fuji Fugaku Sanjurokkei Batch 3 Cask Strength Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $5,999.00 | Dozen Price: $71988.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: 1999 | Product: Karuizawa 18 Year Old Single Cask No.2410 Cask Strength Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $6,999.00 | Dozen Price: $83988.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Karuizawa 8 Year Old Japanese Malt Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $1,199.00 | Dozen Price: $14388.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Karuizawa Emerald Geisha Bourbon Cask #8518 Cask Strength 35 Year Old Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $19,999.00 | Dozen Price: $239988.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: 1982 | Product: Karuizawa 27 Year Old Geisha Cask No.2748 Cask Strength Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $5,499.00 | Dozen Price: $65988.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: 1990 | Product: Karuizawa 19 Year Old Sherry Cask 6446 (Bottled for Whisky Live 2010) Cask Strength Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $2,999.00 | Dozen Price: $35988.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Karuizawa Glass Decanter 21 Year Old Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $6,499.00 | Dozen Price: $77988.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Karuizawa The Water of Life Single Cask #7417 35 Year Old Cask Strength Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $17,999.00 | Dozen Price: $215988.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Karuizawa Golden Geisha Sherry Cask #3667 Cask Strength 31 Year Old Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $11,999.00 | Dozen Price: $143988.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Karuizawa 12 Year Old Pure Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) - No Box | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $1,499.00 | Dozen Price: $17988.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Kirin Fuji Sanroku 18 Year Old Oloroso Cask Finish Blended Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $999.00 | Dozen Price: $11988.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Kirin Fuji Gotemba Small Batch 17 Year Old Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $1,499.00 | Dozen Price: $17988.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Kirin Fuji Sanroku Signature Blend Blended Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $199.00 | Dozen Price: $2388.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Kirin Fuji Sanroku 18 Year Old Small Batch 2016 Release Blended Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $899.00 | Dozen Price: $10788.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Kirin Fuji Sanroku 18 Year Old Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $799.00 | Dozen Price: $9588.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Kirin Small Batch 25 Year Old Single Grain Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $1,999.00 | Dozen Price: $23988.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Kirin Fuji Sanroku 18 Year Old Small Batch 2018 Release Blended Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $799.00 | Dozen Price: $9588.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Kirin Fuji Sanroku Tarujuku 50 Blended Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating 92 | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $129.99 | Dozen Price: $1559.88 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Kujira Ryukyu 20 Year Old Single Grain Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $550.00 | Dozen Price: $6600.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Kumano Mizunara Finish Blended Malt Japanese Whisky (500ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $99.99 | Dozen Price: $1199.88 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Shinshu Mars Distillery Kasei Blended Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $125.00 | Dozen Price: $1500.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: 2018 | Product: 2014 Shinshu Mars Distillery Komagatake Double Cellars 5 Year Old Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $299.00 | Dozen Price: $3588.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: 2013 | Product: Shinshu Mars Distillery Komagatake Double Cellars 5 Year Old Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $350.00 | Dozen Price: $4200.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: 2020 | Product: Mars Tsunuki Distillery Peated Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $250.00 | Dozen Price: $3000.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Mars Tsunuki Distillery The First Cask Strength Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $499.00 | Dozen Price: $5988.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Matsui The San-In ex-Bourbon Barrel Blended Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $140.00 | Dozen Price: $1680.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Matsui The Peated Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $199.00 | Dozen Price: $2388.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Matsui Sakura Cask Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $199.00 | Dozen Price: $2388.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Matsui Mizunara Cask Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $160.00 | Dozen Price: $1920.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt 25 Year Old Blended Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $4,999.00 | Dozen Price: $59988.00 | Out of stock |
| Vintage: | Product: Nikka Miyagikyo Fruity & Rich Single Malt Japanese Whisky (500ml) | Rating | Min. Order: 1 | Bottle Price: $350.00 | Dozen Price: $4200.00 | Out of stock |
The birth of Japanese whisky - a crash course in distilling and blending.
It's no surprise that Japanese distillers are winning awards, given that Japan has been making whisky since 1923. Masataka Taketsuru's early efforts are now part of whisky folklore. Visiting Scotland to undergo a crash course in the art of distilling, he spent brief periods at both Longmorn and Hazelburn. Lacking the centuries of trial and error that the Scots worked through, the nation's whisky experiment took a scientific approach early on, which later incorporated the people's cultural affinity with nature as a creative and harmonising force. Japanese whisky style. Japanese whiskies differ from other styles being typically distilled from clear wort after long fermentations and are matured in a diverse range of casks, including x-plum liqueur barrels and those made from the indigenous Mizunara oak. To generalise, the styles reflect the national cuisine: delicately flavoured, elegant, rarely overpowering - in short, food whiskies that also lend themselves to a warmer climate. However, there are notable exceptions. Consumption has been almost exclusively domestic, in fact, Japan has only recently started to export to major markets like the US.
Buy Japanese Whiskies online from Nicks Wine Merchants.
Nicks Wine Merchants continue to stock an outstanding selection of Japanese whiskies, from pure malts, single malts, grain whiskies,high-end blends and collectables like rare Hanyu and Karuizawa bottlings, shipped to most of Australia. We import directly to ensure some of the best prices in Australia and many of the selections are tasted and rated to further guide your purchase. Subscribe to our Spirits and Liqueurs Email Newsletter to keep up to date with new arrivals, whisky tastings, special offers and more.