Chichibu Paris Edition 2023

 

 

 

49,5°

Distillery : Chichibu - Japan

Bourbon Hogsheads and Quarter Casks

Original Bottling 

Limited Edition

Single Malt 

Bottled in 2023

Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured

Slightly Peated

 

 

 

Every year since 2018, Chichibu has released a special edition called Paris Edition, on the occasion of Whisky Live Paris. This is the sixth edition. Made from a specially prepared blend by Ichiro Akuto himself, it is a limited bottling of 2,100 bottles, made from Hogsheads and Bourbon Quarter Casks. A total of 9 casks have been used, each aged between 5 and 7 years. Five different labels were created especially for this edition, illustrating each of the 5 Parisian Grands Magasins: Le Bon Marché, La Samaritaine, Le Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville, Galeries Lafayette, and Le Printemps. Personally, I got La Samaritaine, but all 5 labels are very pretty and a credit to French heritage.

 

 

 

Let's Taste It : 

The nose is really well done, very well balanced between grainy peat and light fruit, pear, apple, tangerine, pineapple. Very light cereal touches, hay, tall herbs, almonds and melted butter. On the palate, it's oily, lemony, the peat remains in the background but is very present, herbaceous, almost earthy, very measured spices, cloves, pepper, exotic fruit at the end, banana, passion fruit. The finish is long and very correct, with a hint of seeds, barley, millet, puffed rice, still lemon and almonds, a drop of honey, barley sugar, even coconut milk, finishing with chocolate chips and liquorice.

 

In Short, 

I have to admit that it's very well done. Considering its age, it's even excellent. But it's still 5 years old, and selling it at that price is pretty crazy. That said, if people buy it, you can't blame them. 

Score : 89 

                                           To Be Listened While Sipping :

 

                                           Yungchen Lhamo - Sound Healing