Chichibu 2014 Single Cask #3812 / LMDW

A Chichibu bottled exclusively for the Antipodes Collection for legendary French spirit merchants La Maison du Whisky.

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.

Distilled in 2014 matured in an unpeated bourbon cask #3812 which yeilded 188 bottles.