Ichiro’s Malt CHICHIBU Port Pipe 2013 700ml 54%

Details

700ml: 54.5%alc
Japanese Release
Region: Honshu, Saitama
Cask: European Oak/Port Pipe
Age: 4 Years
Bottler: Nikka
Distilled: 2009
Bottled: 2013

Bottling Notes

The Chichibu distillery is a small distillery which was founded in 2004 in Chichibu City just outside of Tokyo and officially opened by Ichiro Akuto in 2008. It is said that the weather of the region, tough winters with hot summers helps to provide a maturity to the whiskies at a younger age.

Distilled in 2009, this Chichibu Port Pipe was first put into oak quarter casks with a capacity of 50 litres for 3 years and then transferred into Port Pipes for a further year before been bottled in 2013.
The Port Pipes are European Oak casks with a capacity of 650 Litres which once held sweet port wine and it's this particular cask that gives the whisky an intriguing rosy hue as it soaks in shades of pink from the cask left by the port wine.

With only 4200 bottles released in 2013, this rare and unique whisky is long sold out so be quick to secure one today. We only recently opened this bottle and it was quite the experience. It’s an extraordinary whisky that must be tried at least once.