Chichibu The Peated 2022 Release Single Malt Whisky

This is The Peated 2022 release from Chichibu Distillery. It was matured in bourbon barrels, sherry buds and hogsheads, produced from heavily peated malt and bottled at cask strength.
Limited to 11,000 bottles.

 
    Nose:    Floral, lemon peel, frosting, rocky shore, earthy smoke.

    Taste:    Ripe plum, candied lemon, campfire, stone fruits, apple, vanilla, caramel, oak.

    Finish:    Top and balanced finish on citrus fruits, smoke, peat.

Chichibu Distillery started producing its famous Whisky in 2008. It is a small distillery which specializes in single malt whisky and was the first whisky distillery built in Japan since the 1970s. The distillery is owned by Venture Whisky Ltd., established by Ichiro Akuto in 2004 in Chichibu, a city in Japan’s Saitama Prefecture, about 100 kilometres from Tokyo. Ichiro Akuto was born into a family with a long brewing tradition, they had started sake brewing in Chichibu around 1625. To this day the natural environment, seasonal characteristics and the high quality of the water provide perfect conditions for distilleries.