WHISKEY ICHIRO'S MALT CHICHIBU EDITION PARIS 2022 51.5° 70CL
Bottle No. 1767/1900
The Chichibu distillery was born in 2008 from the passion and the will of Ichiro Akuto to prolong the history of his family of producers of sake and shochu since the 17th century. But his passion and know-how in whiskey production were passed on to him directly by his grandfather, founder in 1941 of the now legendary Hanyu distillery, now closed, and whose last casks are stored and bottled. in Chichibu.
After working for Suntory, Ichiro Akuto decides to found his own whiskey distillery, and embarks on a very ambitious project; produce a 100% Japanese whiskey one day, from the barley to the wood of the cask. For this he created the company Venture Whiskey in charge of the distribution of the Ichiro's Malt brand.
Located in the heart of a mountainous region of Saitama Prefecture in the village of Chichibu, the distillery is just under 2 hours by train from central Tokyo, and enjoys a hot and muggy climate in summer, and cold and dry in winter. It is these great differences in temperature that would be, among other things, at the origin of the astonishing maturity of the young whiskeys of the distillery.