Chichibu 2012
| Category | JAPANESE |
| Distillery | Chichibu |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 2012 |
| Bottled Year | 2021 |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | First Fill Bourbon Barrel |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 60.3% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | - |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
straw
air Nose
extremely pure and almost hyper coastal. Lemon juice, oyster water, wet seaweed in rock pools and smoked pink sea salt. Also these notes of squid ink and something almost metallic, like steel wool doused with TCP. A very powerful, crystalline smokiness builds steadily. Very impressive, but blind I’m not sure I wouldn’t have said I was on Islay. Gains softness and medicines over time. With water: pure sea salt, canvass, ink, iodine drops, gauze, bandages and gentle disinfectant notes. The overriding impression still remains one of purity and precision
restaurant Palate
pure seawater, petrol, sheep wool, olive brine, pickling juices, sourdough starter and more lemon juice and some ground black pepper. Pin sharp but also with a gently oily texture in the mouth which supports these deeper peaty notes very nicely. With water: gently chalky and extremely mineral now. A slight dusty edge to the peat and a deeper, more gutsy smokiness that speaks to kiln air and bonfire embers. Dried seaweed and some notes of spicy ramen broth which finally feels happily ‘Japanese’
timer Finish
long and riddled with this bass-note smokiness, grass, brine, wood embers, petrol and sharp, saline minerality
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