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Akashi

White Oak Akashi 15 Year Old

Eigashima (White Oak) Distillery · Hyogo (Akashi) · JP · Blend of Eigashima (White Oak) Distillery

Age
15 yr
ABV
58%
Size
500 ml
Style
single malt
Release
single cask
Status
archived

Deep sherried Akashi with an exotic konara-oak finish; a genuine unicorn bottle.

Scores

Glass Guide
90
/ 100
Collectability
88
/ 100
Investment
76
/ 100
rareDemand: highrisingCounterfeit: medium
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Provenance & authenticity

Distillery
Eigashima (White Oak) Distillery
Founded
1919
Region
Hyogo (Akashi) · JP
Bottler
Akashi
Component distilleries
Eigashima (White Oak) Distillery
Bottled
2013
Outturn
795 bottles
First released
2013
Cask strengthNatural colourNon chill-filtered

Provenance facts are catalogued from producer literature, official specification sheets, and auction house condition reports. Where a field is unverified it is left blank rather than estimated.

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Flavour

Nose

Complex sherry, dried fruit and exotic konara-oak spice.

Palate

Rich sherried fruit, walnut and a coastal saline edge.

sherry
Finish

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Aftertaste — Sherry and oak

polished oak
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Maturation

  1. Stage 1 · primary
    Spanish oak sherry butt
    European (Spanish) oak · sherry · first-fill
    100%150 mo

    12.5 years

  2. Stage 2 · finish
    Konara oak cask
    Konara (Quercus serrata) · virgin
    100%30 mo

    2.5 years in konara oak

Pricing & Availability — Japan
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Market & Auction

Illustrative data
Current MSRP
$180AUD
Avg Retail
$780AUD
Low Retail
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High Retail
—
Verified sales on record
1
Most recent
Jan 26
Investment metrics
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