Nikka Coffey Malt Whisky Japan Piedmont Pinot Gris Muscat Co-Fermentation Eola

Pinot Gris Muscat Co-Fermentation Eola Springs Vineyard Eola-Amity Hills

Fermentation is spontaneous with a significant portion of whole clusters and gentle pump overs to keep extraction fine

the mouthfeel is lush with very little acidity and good glycerine content

Rafaelle lets grass grow wild to absorb water

The vines are farmed sustainably with no use of herbicides and insecticides

Nikka Coffey Malt Whisky Japan Piedmont Pinot Gris Muscat Co-Fermentation EolaNikka's 'Coffey' bottlings show off the Coffey still which was the first patented continuous still, invented by Aeneas Coffey in 1830. Masataka Taketsuru, while staying in Scotland, had an opportunity to learn how to distill grain whisky in a Coffey still firsthand from craftsmen at James Calder in Bo'ness in 1919. Masataka valued the feature of this type of still and installed two sets of Coffey stills after he established Nikka Whisky. The first