Chichibu 6 Year Old Single Cask Strength Single Malt Japanese Whisky 700ml (2014 Abbey Release) Gewürztraminer The smoke lingers

The smoke lingers

cool red fruit on the palate

but also a common vineyard thread of beautiful aromatics and subtle minerality

The palate is covered with layers of fruit

Chichibu 6 Year Old Single Cask Strength Single Malt Japanese Whisky 700ml (2014 Abbey Release) Gewürztraminer The smoke lingersChichibu is probably the closest Japan has to a craft Whisky distillery. Ichiro Akuto has just 14 employees and two small copper pot stills (designed by himself and made by Forsyths in Scotland). The eight, 3,000 litre washbacksmade from Hokkaido Mizunara oakproduce ten batches per week, resulting in approximately 60,000 litres of new make. This is a drop in the ocean compared with Japans big players (to put it in perceptive, a single washback at