DISCOVER KIKORI
ONE OF THE FIRST WHISKEYS DISTILLED FROM 100% RICE AND PRODUCED IN JAPAN TO BE INTRODUCED TO THE US, KIKORI RICE WHISKEY IS A DISTINCTIVELY DIFFERENT STYLE OF WHISKEY THAT IS MEMORABLE, DELICATE AND DELICIOUS. BARREL AGED FOR A MINIMUM OF THREE YEARS IN AMERICAN OAK, FRENCH LIMOUSIN OAK AND SHERRY CASKS, IT IS PURE IN COLOR WITH FLORAL AND FRAGRANT AROMAS AND A VELVETY SMOOTHNESS ON THE PALATE.
AS ONE OF THE FIRST WHISKEY BRANDS TO BE CREATED BY AN ASIAN AMERICAN WOMAN, ANN SOH WOODS, KIKORI RICE WHISKEY IS CAREFULLY CRAFTED AND AUTHENTIC LIQUID WHICH INSPIRES MOMENTS OF DISCOVERY TO BE SHARED WITH OTHERS.
KIKORI RICE WHISKEY IS A MULTI-AWARD WINNING BRAND THAT CAN BE ENJOYED NEAT OR OVER ICE BUT IS ESPECIALLY DELICIOUS MIXED INTO COCKTAILS. IT RECEIVED A PRESTIGIOUS GOLD AT THE SAN FRANCISCO WORLD SPIRITS COMPETITION (2016), A GOLD/90 POINT RATING FROM THE US SPIRITS RATINGS (2020) AND A GOLD AT THE SIP AWARDS (2020), AMONG OTHERS.
KIKORI Whiskey. 41% Alc/Vol. Imported by Diageo, New York, NY
KUMAMOTO
IT ALL STARTS HERE, A HIDDEN GEM IN SOUTHERN JAPAN. THE IDEAL CLIMATE, PRISTINE WATER AND VOLCANIC TOPOGRAPHY CONVERGE IN PERFECT UNISON IN KUMAMOTO, JAPAN, THE BIRTHPLACE OF KIKORI, WHERE IT’S PRODUCED AND BOTTLED. DISTILLED USING 100% LOCALLY GROWN RICE, EVERY ASPECT OF THE PROCESS IS INTRICATELY DELIBERATE, CREATING THE DISTINCTIVELY DRINKABLE KIKORI RICE WHISKEY.
EARTH
THE HEART OF KIKORI WHISKEY IS THE FLAVORFUL, 100% LOCALLY GROWN RICE WHICH HAS BEEN CULTIVATED IN SOUTHERN JAPAN FOR OVER 2000 YEARS. THE NUTRIENT-RICH, VOLCANIC SOIL OF KYUSHU ISLAND IS THE IDEAL ENVIRONMENT TO GROW THIS NUTRITIOUS AND FLAVORFUL RICE. JAPANESE RICE IS WIDELY CONSIDERED TO BE AMONG THE FINEST IN THE WORLD AND HAS BEEN CHOSEN FOR ITS DISTINCTIVE AND AROMATIC PROFILE.
WATER
IF RICE IS THE HEART OF KIKORI RICE WHISKEY, THEN WATER IS ITS SOUL. RECHARGED BY THE SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS AND RAINFORESTS AND FILTERED THROUGH THE POROUS VOLCANIC EARTH OF THE KUMAMOTO AREA, THE PRISTINE GROUNDWATER THAT RUNS UNDER THE JAPANESE ISLAND IS PURE, AND CREATES THE SMOOTH DRINKABILITY AND BALANCED FLAVOR.
TIME
TIME IS THE MOST IMPORTANT INGREDIENT. PRISTINE WATER SWIRLS AND EDDIES THROUGH VOLCANIC ROCK THAT TOOK MILLIONS OF YEARS TO FORM. RICE GROWS IN THE RICH VOLCANIC LOAM FORMED THROUGH EONS OF LAVA FLOW AND ASH DEPOSITS. KIKORI RICE WHISKEY IS EXPERTLY DISTILLED AND THEN AGED FOR A MINIMUM OF THREE YEARS, ABSORBING THE SUBTLE NOTES OF THE OAK BARRELS AND EVOLVING INTO OUR DISTINCT, SMOOTH SPIRIT.
THE WOODSMAN
THE NAME KIKORI MEANS “WOODSMAN” IN JAPANESE AND IS INSPIRED BY VISU, AN ANCIENT WOODSMAN WHO WANDERED THE FOREST FOR CENTURIES SEEKING THE PERFECT BALANCE TO HIS LIFE. WITH KIKORI RICE WHISKEY, THE PERFECT BALANCE OF TIME, EARTH AND WATER CAME TOGETHER TO CREATE A DISTINCTIVELY SOPHISTICATED SPIRIT, PRODUCED USING TRADITIONAL JAPANESE METHODS OF HARVESTING SOME OF THE FINEST INGREDIENTS, DISTILLING WITH PRISTINE WATER, AND AGING TO PERFECTION. YOU CAN SEE THE WOODSMAN REPRESENTED ON OUR BOTTLE AND IN OUR LOGO.
