This single malt Japanese whisky is composed of a vatting of two single malts from the Chichibu and Hanyu Distilleries.Matured Mizunara oak barrels, vatted and bottled in 2010.
Tasting notes
Well balanced, sweet and round with spicy and malty notes, followed by notes of warm sherry and oak.
Founded by Ichiro Akuto - grandson of the originator of the Hanyu Distillery, which has been closed for a few years. Chichibu became operational in 2008 and it is the first and smallest Japanese single malt distillery since the Hakushu. The distillery is known for producing fruity and well-balanced whiskey and for housing the last stocks of Karuizawa, Kawasaki and Hanyu, and has its own bottling facility.
