Chichibu 2014 Single Red Wine Cask #13337 / TWE

Chichibu distillery in Saitama, Japan was opened in 2008, and was the country’s first new distillery since Suntory opened Hakushu back in 1973. Chichibu was the brainchild of Ichiro Akuto, grandson of the founder of the legendary Hanyu distillery. The Ichiro’s Malt brand appeared in 2005 and rose to fame through the bottling of the last casks from Hanyu, particularly the sought after ‘Card’ series. The first Chichibu releases appeared under it in 2011.

This Chichibu was distilled in 2014 and matured in single red wine cask #13337. It was bottled in 2022 for The Whisky Exchange as part of the Taboo Series - Speak no evil. Bottles from this series originally included a UV torch to reveal a secret message on the bottle and box labels.

One of 271 bottles.