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Chichibu The Peated 2018 Release 10th Anniversary Limited Edition 70cl
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Chichibu The Peated 2018 Release 10th Anniversary Limited Edition 70cl

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Brand: Chichibu
Region: Japan
Age: 5
Country: Scotland

Chichibu The Peated 2018 Release 10th Anniversary Limited Edition 70cl

Distilled in 2013, bottled in 2018.
Chichibu distillery is a small distillery with only nine full-time employees. The distillery is owned by Venture whisky, which was founded in 2004 in Chichibu city, Saitama, just outside of Tokyo (hence its name). As with everything else from the Chichibu distillery, it comes highly recommended.

This is the 10th Anniversary of Chichibu Distillery. Limited to 11,550 bottles. Despite the high ABV, the gentle nose indicates a delicately peated, earthy and citrus freshness with a hint of vanilla sweetness. On the palate, just a bit sweet evolving quickly into cereals and malt with some spiciness around the edges. Towards the finish you may find a hint of citrus peel bitterness combined with earthy peat. All in all a very well balanced whisky which belies its age perhaps indicating the quality of the new make spirit from Chichibu Distillery and the vatting skills of Ichiro Akuto.

Chichibu

Visionary Ichiro Akuto founded Japanese whiskey distillery Chichibu in 2008, just 4 years after his family's famous distillery, Hanyu, was dismantled. It took a lot of legwork to convince the bank and investors that there was a future in Chichibu Distillery, because at that time interest in Japanese whiskey had been in freefall for 25 years. Fortunately for whiskey lovers the world over, it worked out. Before Chichibu opened, Ichiro had trained at distilleries such as Benromach, Kilchoman, BenRiach and Karuizawa, and the quality was top notch right from the start. Today he is considered the most influential (living) person in Japanese whiskey.

The malt comes mainly from England (and a little bit from Germany), but they have also started using local barley, Japanese varieties even, grown as little as 5 minutes from the distillery. Since local barley is approximately 5 times more expensive than the malt from England, it only makes up approximately 15% of the annual production. Every summer, before the distillery is shut down for maintenance, a bit of strongly smoked (50+ ppm) malt is distilled. Chichibu is also particularly known for experimenting with different types of casks, and they have used, among other things, tequila casks, calvados casks, cognac casks, beer casks and casks made of the special Japanese oak, mizunara.

One of Ichiro Akuto's traits is that he always thinks about the next generation – a great quality to have as a whiskey maker. Outside the distillery, for example, he has planted Japanese oak trees, mizunara, ready to be made into casks in approximately 200 years.

Tasting Notes

  • Nose: The nose of the whiskey reveals notes of orange peel and sea salt. Behind it lies peat smoke and oak wood.
  • Palate: The Chihcibu The Peated 2018 is spicy and sweet on the tongue. It tastes of oranges and sea salt. Mineral impressions are presence. Behind it lies peat smoke.
  • Finish: The finish is long-lasting. The whiskey says goodbye with salt and sweet notes. It leaves honey and vanilla behind. Spicy oak lingers.

55.5% ABV

70cl


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