Chichibu 2011 Kusuda Wine Cask 2017

Volume: 700ml / ABV: 57.5%

Exclusively available at the Chichibu distillery, this was distilled in 2011 and matured in a Kusuda wine casks and bottled at cask-strength in May 2017.

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.

Kusuda is a vineyard in New Zealand's Martinborough region, specialising in Pinot Noir.

One of 1270 bottles.