NV Chichibu Chibidaru 2010 53.5%
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Tasting notes
Nose: husky malt: thick set with a mix of leather, dates and barley. Taste: serious sugars arrive in an initial wave of dark muscavado; major oils ensure a big chewy depth. Finish: long, as a malt with this amount of oil and sugar just must be; back to a few dried dates now, too. Lovely stuff… perfect for a cold night or even, perhaps, if you have a cold… Balance: this distillery certainly understands the meaning of “intense”… 53.5%.
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Jim Murray, Whisky Bible
About the producer
Chichibu is one of Japan’s smallest and most beloved single malt whisky producers, founded by the famed Master Distiller Ichiro Akuto in 2008. Akuto and Chichibu have been instrumental in Japanese whisky’s current popularity – and the sky-high secondary market prices fetched for certain bottlings.