Product Description

A very special small-cask matured whisky from Chichibu, selected by and bottled exclusively for The Whisky Exchange. It is a 2014-vintage whisky bottled in 2020 after 5-6 years in a chibidaru – a 125-litre 'chibi' cask, Japanese for small/cute. The result is an intensely flavour whisky that balances oaky spice against Chichibu's incredibly fruity spirit. A bottle that will continue to grow the distillery's already fearsome reputation for great whisky.

Style

5
Body
3
Richness
0
Smoke
4
Sweetness

Character

Apple
Pear
Mango
Banana
Vanilla
Caramel

Product Facts

Vintage
2014
Bottling Date
2020
No of Bottles
135
Country
Japan
Cask Type
First-fill Chibidaru Quarter
Cask Number
3472

Chichibu 2014 Chibidaru Cask TWE Exclusive

Japanese Single Malt Whisky

70cl / 61.7%

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Tasting Notes

Billy Abbott, The Whisky Exchange
- Nose
  Apple and pear pie – softly spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg – and custard with a spoon of vanilla cream. The apples are sweet, the pear ripe and the spice gentle, slowly turning into more herbal and incense-like notes: fragrant, spicy and sweet. Fruity caramel develops, draped over everything.
- Palate
  Intense and sweet, with the fruit from the nose joined by ripe mango and banana before being compressed into a rich flavour bomb. Polished oak, spiced sponge and dark caramel are wrapped around the outside, balancing the sweetness and fruity intensity. Custard, incense and browning leaves develop along with a touch of resinous oak.
- Finish
  Very, very long with spiced toffee and sponge cake slowly fading away to leave fruity apples and pears.
- Comment
  So much fruit – mostly apples and pears, with some tropical touches – that pushes on from the nose through the palate and into the finish. The woody spice of the chibidaru cask has not become dominant and amplifies the fruit. A cracking dram.