Production places
Connections to water sources, peat places, maltings, cooperages, warehouses and maturation sites. Uncertain connections are labelled.
No documented production places are linked to this distillery yet.
History
Sasanokawa Shuzo was founded in 1765 in Koriyama in Fukushima Prefecture. It was the first distillery in Tohoku to begin producing whisky in 1946. After a pause, the nearby Asaka Distillery was reopened in 2015 to establish the Yamazakura brand as a premium whisky.
Production/Manufacturing
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Products/Whisky Series
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Yamazakura: premium whisky brand established at the reopening of the Asaka Distillery in 2015.
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Number of bottles: 8 bottles (listed on Whisky.com).
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Notes (overall): Some of the flavor notes include vanilla, citrus, sherry, fig, pear, honey, fruit, and peat note.
Visit/Experiences
Distillery Address: Sasanokawa Shuzo Distillery, 1 Chome-178 Sasagawa, Kōriyama-shi, Fukushima-ken 963-0108, Japan
Tel: +81-24-945-0261
Philosophy
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