Chichibu 2009 Single White Wine Cask #2369 / Warrior Series No.1

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 2009 and aged in French white wine cask #2369 until 2017, this was the first in the Japan Warrior Series for Japanwhiskys and Whiskytempel.