Chichibu 2009 Single Port Cask #1921 / The Whiskey House

This is from the new-ish Japanese distillery Chichibu. Distilled in 2009 and bottled in 2013, this has been matured exclusively in a Port Pipe.

One of only 669 bottles.

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.