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Bottle archive / hokkaido

Taketsuru Pure Malt

竹鶴ピュアモルト

Allocated Meets the JSLMA standard

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What it costs in Japan

Observed shop / shelf price

¥7,000

700ml · tax basis not recorded

Static FX equivalent: about $47 at ¥150/$ (2026-08); not an overseas observation.

Our estimate · checked August 2026

Observed shop / shelf price · 750ml · tax basis not recorded

$97

Observed price · checked August 2026
Total Wine & More listed price, 750ml. US bottles are 750ml against 700ml in Japan.

No markup multiple is shown unless both the Japan and overseas values are observed transaction/shelf prices with dated provenance.

Can you actually buy it here?

Shops receive limited quantities. Sells out, but turns up if you look.

Our estimate · checked August 2026

Is it Japanese whisky?

Mashed, fermented, distilled, matured and bottled in Japan, per the Japan Spirits & Liqueurs Makers Association standard.

How it tastes

Named after Masataka Taketsuru, who learned to distil in Scotland in 1918 and came home to start the industry. A vatting of Yoichi and Miyagikyo. Reformulated in 2020, which brought it inside the JSLMA standard — one of the few Nikka blends that is squarely Japanese whisky.

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Our estimates, scored the same way across every bottle so they can be compared.

Specification

Producer	Nikka Whisky
Region	Hokkaido
Type	Blended Malt
Age	No age statement
ABV	43%
Casks	Sherry, American oak
Best served	Neat, On the rocks
Our rating	84 / 100 (editorial)

Where to buy outside Japan

The Whisky Exchange

ships from UK

Master of Malt

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