White Oak – Akashi 4 Year Old White Wine Cask Single Malt (50cl, 50%)

This is a four-year-old Japanese single malt from the White Oak distillery in Akashi, in Hyogo Prefecture. It is bottled at 50% in a 50cl bottle, without cold staining or filtration. The whisky spent three and a half years in Cognac barrels. It was then refined for ten months in barrels that had held white wine from the Akashi vineyard in Yamanashi. It is described as nicely balanced, with the emphasis on woody and fruity notes.