Chichibu 2015 Heavily Peated Single Bourbon Cask #4701 / LMDW

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 heavily-peated single cask bottling is drawn from a first-fill ex-Bourbon barrel filled in 2015 and bottled as part of La Maison du Whisky's 'New Vibrations' collection.

One of 192 bottles.