Kensei
Kensei is a Japanese distilling reality, whose name means in Italian “pure river”. It is a distillery located between the Kaganawa prefecture, whose capital is Yokohama, and the splendid mountains surrounding the city of Nagano. Here, the days pass marked by the rhythm of habits, and the distillery team works with passion and dedication to create a particular product, the Blended Whisky. A label that is the result of a selection of lots of Whisky already ready, aged in small oak barrels for different periods, blended together to merge the different original souls into a single product. A bottle with elegant aromas, flowing on the palate with refinement and lightness, without hiding its character.
The Blended Whisky of Kensei is a fine example of the journey that Whisky production has taken in Japan over the last twenty years. In fact, in this nation of the Far East, the saga of malt has a beginning well before the new millennium. Since the 1920s, in fact, especially in the Osaka prefecture, it was customary to dedicate oneself to the distillation of barley malt, producing products of excellent quality. Since then, the path of Japanese Whisky began a slow but steady rise, also thanks to the emergence of several distilleries that, between the 1970s and 1980s, in addition to dedicating themselves to the creation of local spirits, looked to the development of Scottish Whisky with interest, trying to grasp its most intimate secrets, so as to keep pace with the latest innovations and techniques. Arriving around the year 2000, we reach a truly historic date: in 2001, in fact, a Japanese Whisky was elected by the World Whisky Awards committee as the best product in the world. A true watershed moment, marking the transition in which the student, Japan, surpasses the master, Scotland.
classic commercial channels, constituting a valid alternative for enthusiasts who want to try something new. A scene in continuous ferment, which sees the rise of realities like Kensei, ready, with its Blended Whisky, to conquer ever larger market shares.Kensei is a Japanese distilling reality, whose name means in Italian “pure river”. It is a distillery located between the Kaganawa prefecture, whose capital is Yokohama, and the splendid mountains surrounding the city of Nagano. Here, the days pass marked by the rhythm of habits, and the distillery team works with passion and dedication to create a particular product, the Blended Whisky. A label that is the result of a selection of lots of Whisky already ready, aged in small oak barrels for different periods, blended together to merge the different original souls into a single product. A bottle with elegant aromas, flowing on the palate with refinement and lightness, without hiding its character.
The Blended Whisky of Kensei is a fine example of the journey that Whisky production has taken in Japan over the last twenty years. In fact, in this nation of the Far East, the saga of malt has a beginning well before the new millennium. Since the 1920s, in fact, especially in the Osaka prefecture, it was customary to dedicate oneself to the distillation of barley malt, producing products of excellent quality. Since then, the path of Japanese Whisky began a slow but steady rise, also thanks to the emergence of several distilleries that, between the 1970s and 1980s, in addition to dedicating themselves to the creation of local spirits, looked to the development of Scottish Whisky with interest, trying to grasp its most intimate secrets, so as to keep pace with the latest innovations and techniques. Arriving around the year 2000, we reach a truly historic date: in 2001, in fact, a Japanese Whisky was elected by the World Whisky Awards committee as the best product in the world. A true watershed moment, marking the transition in which the student, Japan, surpasses the master, Scotland.
classic commercial channels, constituting a valid alternative for enthusiasts who want to try something new. A scene in continuous ferment, which sees the rise of realities like Kensei, ready, with its Blended Whisky, to conquer ever larger market shares.