Yuza Single Malt First Edition 2022

Recently awarded a gold medal at the 2022 San Francisco International Spirit Challenge, Yuza First Edition is the very first whiskey from the young distillery founded in 2017 in the town of Akumi in the Yamagata region.

This first edition is a blend of single malts aged for 3 years in bourbon casks, carefully selected from those filled from November 2018 to January of the following year, which is the distillery's birth period, bottled at cask strength to emphasize the flavor of the American oak barrel itself. In a word, the taste characteristic is "clear & airy", which is evident when tasting with a greedy and fruity scent of honey, vanilla and apricot that is revealed in a smooth and silky texture.

The distillery is located in the town of Yuza at the foot of the famous Mount Chokai, where beautiful springs can be seen everywhere and which in 1996 was certified as one of the 100 best water towns (Ministry of Land Management, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism). The whisky produced at the distillery is based on the concept of "TLAS", which stands for Tiny, Lovely, Authentic and Supreme.