63,3°
Distillery : Chichibu - Japan
1st Fill Bourbon Barrel
Original Bottling
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2026
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Totally Unpeated
With Chichibu, you can always expect something special. Here, a simple 8-year-old whiskey aged in a single first-fill bourbon barrel, it may not seem like much, but it holds a lot of promise. The barley selected is Odyssey barley, which is rarely used in whiskey. The label was designed by master designer Kazumasa Nagai. 192 bottles are being sold primarily through La Maison du Whisky, as part of its Anthology selection, on the occasion of Whisky Live Paris.
Let's Taste It :
Lemon cut into slices and sprinkled with a pinch of salt, grapefruit zest, hazelnut cream, mountain honey, candied mirabelle plums, floral and anise notes, vanilla and mint cookies, delicate woody notes. Yogurt cake, cheese soufflé, dried pineapple. On the palate, it’s very fruity, but also features fried vegetables, artichokes and zucchini, which blend with creamy vanilla and banana. A long, powerful finish, where some cereals stand out, toasted wood, cardamom, pine cone, barley sugar. A slice of bread with semi-salted butter.
In Short,
Let's be clear, this is one of the best Chichibu whiskies I've ever tasted, and keep in mind that, generally speaking, they're all excellent, or nearly so. Everything about it is perfect, from its intense fruitiness to the notes of grain and barley sugar on the finish. Of course, the price is way too high, but it’s hard to pass up a gem like this just because of a lack of funds.
Score : 91
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Stella Rose Gahan - Drugstore Romeo
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