Eigashima Shuzo White Oak Tokinoka

Eigashima Shuzo White Oak Tokinoka is a blended whisky from the Hyogo distillery, produced for the European export market in a 500ml format at 40%. Tokinoka, meaning flower of time in Japanese, is Eigashima's signature blend expression and one of the more widely recognised labels in the White Oak range abroad. As with other Eigashima blends, some component spirit may be sourced.

The distinctive character noted in this bottling runs toward a greenhouse freshness and a kippery, lightly smoky edge unusual for Ex-Bourbon blends. That character sits alongside the vanilla baseline of the cask influence at 40%. Whether the smokiness comes from the malt or the blend component is not disclosed, but it gives Tokinoka a recognisable profile among Eigashima's blended lineup and makes it one of the more interesting of the distillery's entry-level export expressions.