Description Masataka Taketsuru, founder of the Nikka Distillery, is the father of Japanese whisky. Quite simply. After all, he was the first Japanese to travel to Scotland in the early 20th century to learn distilling from the greats. This cuvée pays tribute to him by combining typical Japanese and Scottish aromas: a little peat and smoke, a little vanilla and melon… A great success for a great pioneer.