The founder of the Nikka Distillery, Masataka Teketsuru was born into a family, that was successfully producing Sake (rice wine) since 1733. His first employer sent him to Scotland to learn about the technique and distillation processes in the Whisky production.
\nSome years later he came back to Osaka and build Japans first Whisky Distillery \u2013 which made him the pioneer of the Japanese Whisky production. In 1934 he decided to go his own way and search for the right location for the perfect Japanese Whisky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nikka Rare Old Super was launched on the Japanese market back in 1962. The whisky is bottled in honour of Rita Taketsuru. A harmonious blend with fruity flavours and a slight peaty note.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":172597,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[2210,2170,2228],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-172626","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-japan-en","product_cat-whisky-en","product_cat-world-en","pa_bottling_date-keine-angabe-en-2","pa_cask_type-keine-angabe-en-2","pa_country-japan-en-2","pa_destillation_age-keine-angabe-en-2","pa_destillation_date-keine-angabe-en-2","pa_region-keine-angabe-en-2","pa_whisky_bottler-destillen-original-abfuellung-en","pa_whisky_bottler_series-keine-angabe-en-2","first","outofstock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n