Chichibu London Edition 2024

700ml / 50.5%

Single Malt

$622

Cooked fruit warmth and a fragrant lift characterise the 2024 London Edition from Chichibu in Saitama, a NAS Ex-Bourbon matured bottling at 50.5% cask strength released for the European market, one of the more immediately welcoming editions of the series.

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SKU JP0230 Categories Chichibu, Japanese Single Malt, Japanese Whisky, Whiskey

Description

The 2024 Chichibu London Edition comes from the Saitama distillery Venture Whisky has run since 2008, bottled at 50.5% cask strength for the European market and continuing the annual series that has tracked the distillery's progress since its early years. Maturation is in Ex-Bourbon casks.

The recorded profile for the 2024 edition centres on cooked fruit and fragrance, descriptors that suggest ripe, warming character over the vanilla and cereal base that Ex-Bourbon typically draws from Chichibu's new make. Cooked fruit implies generous stone fruit and baked apple notes, and the fragrant quality adds a floral lift. Together these make the 2024 edition one of the more immediately inviting in the series, at an ABV that is accessible without sacrificing cask strength status.