Eigashima Shuzo White Oak 14 Years Old

Eigashima Shuzo produces the White Oak single malt at its Akashi distillery in Hyogo prefecture, Japan's longest-running licensed whisky producer since 1919. This 14 Years Old is a vatted cask strength release at 58%, combining Oloroso sherry and white wine cask maturation, bottled for the German market.

The pairing of Oloroso and white wine wood over fourteen years is an unusual combination: the Oloroso contributes dried dark fruit, raisin and warming spice while the white wine cask introduces lighter stone fruit, pear and a fresher acidity. At 58% and over an extended maturation, the two cask influences have time to integrate and complement each other, resulting in a layered whisky that retains the house's fruit-forward character while showing a satisfying structural complexity.