• Nose: 23 Palate: 24 Finish: 24 Balance: 24 Total: 95
  • Nose: Delicate buttery vanilla
  • Palate: Yeasty, malty vanilla
  • Finish: Long - Buttery vanilla
  • Balance: Smooth, viscous and luscous. Does not drink like a high-ABV whisky
  • Type: Single Malt
  • Age: 6
  • ABV: 62%
  • Distiller: Chichibu
  • Where made: Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture JAPAN
  • Region: Japan
  • Approximate Price: $2000
  • Value: POOR

Thank you Nate Bull for the opportunity to taste this spectacular single-cask whisky. It was distilled in 2014, matured in a first-fill bourbon barrel (Cask # 3392), and bottled in April 2021 at Ichiro's Malt Chichibu.