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Closed
07 Dec 2020
Bottle Details
Nine Leaves 'Almost Spring' Cabernet Sauvignon Cask
Nine Leaves distillery is located in the Shiga prefecture on Honshu island in Japan. Japan does not have a long history of rum production, but founder, Yoshiharu Takeuchi, was able to draw on a wealth of whisky distilling experience to aid him with his new distillery in 2013, turning to Ichiro Akuto of Chichibu for council. On his advice, he ordered wash and spirit pot stills from Forsyths and stainless steel washbacks in the style of those at Glenfarclas in Speyside. The wash in question is unusual, being neither molasses nor pure cane juice, rather a solution of brown Muscovado sugar and water. The spirt is distilled twice before being aged in American and French oak casks.
Almost Spring has been matured in ex-Cabernet Sauvignon wine casks from Wente Vineyards - the oldest continually operating family owned vinyard in the US.
Distillery
Distillery status
Closed
Still
Forsyths pot still
Cask type
Cabernet Sauvignon
Region
Japan
Brand
Distillery
Nine Leaves
A Japanese distillery that operated between 2013 and 2023. Unusually, the distillery was owned by a large auto-parts manufacturer called Takehiro Co Ltd, and was a passion project of one of its partners, Yoshiharu Takeuchi. The distillery made pot-distilled rums from unique brown sugar base.
Founded
2013
Production type
Pure single rum
Brand
Nine Leaves
A Japanese distillery that operated between 2013 and 2023. Unusually, the distillery was owned by a large auto-parts manufacturer called Takehiro Co Ltd, and was a passion project of one of its partners, Yoshiharu Takeuchi. The distillery made pot-distilled rums from unique brown sugar base.
Founded
2013
Production type
Pure single rum
Company
Takehiro Co
A Japanese auto-parts manufacturer, originally founded in 1909 as a lumber dealer by Hirokichi Takeuchi. It moved into car parts in 1938 and was incorporated in its current form in 1949. The company made the unusual step of diversifying into the rum trade in 2013, opening Nine Leaves distillery.
Founded
1909
Company type
Distiller
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