Chichibu Paris Edition 2018

Name: Chichibu Paris Edition 2018
Brand: Chichibu
SKU: 117835
Rating: 88.99 (98 reviews)

Overall rating: 88.99/100
votes: 98

Whiskybase ID: WB117835
Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Chichibu
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: Ichiro's Malt
Bottled: 2018
Casktype: 3 Mizunara + 2 French Oak Casks
Number of bottles: 1357
Strength: 57.3 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Market: France
Added on: 16 Sep 2018 2:46 pm by MrYens

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Whisky Reviews for Chichibu Paris Edition 2018

12 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 88.99 points

Donwaldorf scored this whisky 88 points
18 Sep 2018 10:33 pm
A "classic" Chichibu that will delight all of its followers.
The nose is really nice, slight disappointment on the rest.

Nose

A nose first very honeyed, vanilla and almonds.
Then it develops on fruits, many fruits (apricots, peaches ... melon?). A slight woody blend with the whole.
With water: the nose becomes more pastry on the fruit pie and almonds.

Taste

Attack quite keen on spices and mainly woody. (Plant?)
It calms down quickly to find a "classic" mouth on cocoa, vanilla and honey.
With water we lose many flavors.

Finish

Nice length on oak, vanilla and almonds.
With water, nothing more.
lachaineduwhisky did not rate this whisky
09 Oct 2018 8:35 pm

A pretty good nose. Fruit, violet, pulp, nothing very sexy for me.
On the palate it is another story: fine texture, evanescent with a beautiful fruity and small herbaceous touches.
Bright final!

Enthusiasm:
Nose 2/5
Mouth and final 4/5

Whisky n ° 1856
jjkmlss scored this whisky 82 points
22 Feb 2021 5:27 am

Nose: Beewax, honey, peach, melon with almond, alcohol stings brought a pickled ginger-like feel.

Palate: Honey, melon and peach with some white gourd tea.

Body: Very, very stingy, hot as hell. The texture is somehow thick, but it's still very young and untamed.

Finish: medium length with mineral and honey, kiwifruit at the end.

Overall: An average young whisky from a top-overrated/hyped distillery led by few very motivated bloggers supported by J-whisky flippers.
sagara-kun scored this whisky 89 points
05 Oct 2018 1:55 am
Very nice. One of the best Chichibus I've tasted.

Nose

On the nose it's quite sweet and not too much like some other chichibu. The vatted malt side allows some restraint?
We are on bourbon, coconut, peach, apricot, wood a little green. A little blackcurrant. Light ginger.
Pretty classic but we feel that there is mizunara.
Very light camphor.
One of the most pleasant noses I had at Chichibu.

Taste

In the mouth the potato is the. A lot of fruits. A can in tropical, yellow and white. Spices, wood, cinnamon and some dark chocolate powder.

Finish

Long enough finish on chocolate and wood. A bit bitter but ok.
Whiskytempel did not rate this whisky
29 Sep 2018 11:32 pm

give this CHICHIBU a bit time (at least 15 minutes) to breath - then it's gonna please you very much. PARIS edition shows a quite typical intense style, which lot of fresh and crisp flavours, you immediately know, that a CHICHIBU is in the glass. A few drops of water opens the liquid and you get fresh peach, pineapple and a nice grapefruit flavour, so it's kinda mix of sweet and sours aromas. definitely a very iconic CHICHIBU - the artwork is great and both, collectors and drinkers will enjoy this fine piece of Japanese whisky art
Thermidor scored this whisky 75 points
01 Oct 2021 10:09 am
Tasted blind.

First Chichibu for me, and a total disappointment. Underdeveloped, muted, and beaten by every other young malt in the tasting (Millstone, Waterford, Starward, and Cotswolds). IMO this is on par, or actually slightly worse, than peated make from Bladnoch, and I wouldn't buy a bottle for €40, let alone the prices these retail at.

Nose

Oddly inexpressive compared to the other malts on the table. Dry wood, woodshop ambience, faint menthol, wet naan bread dough (regular white bread dough + yogurt), and pears swimming in ethanol. I didn't catch the smoke on the first nosing, but with water it is there, and some faint medicinal touches. First thought was this is some cradle-robbed Longrow or somesuch.

Taste

Stuffy (doughy and yeasty), and spicy. Oh wait, there is some PPM here! Noticeable compared to the rest of the tasting lineup where there is none. The peat isn't that strong (doesn't feel like Springbank levels even), and the whole is a bit 'meh' for me, like it would need at least double or triple the time in the casks to become something.

Finish

Long but simple aftertaste. You can really notice how the peat builds a stronger, more lasting finish for a young whisky than what you get with no peat and mostly cask-forward tastes, but while length is a good thing, I would like some variety or complexity as well.

Supposedly this is unpeated Chichibu, but it's "unpeated" the way those special Caol Ila OBs are "unpeated", not unpeated like Glengoyne.
matfrl scored this whisky 89 points
28 Mar 2020 4:44 pm
Nose

88 88

Taste

89 89

Finish

89 89
ConvalRen scored this whisky 85 points
21 Nov 2019 3:53 pm
Nose

88 88

Malty and mellow, light and fresh, sweet and flowery. Elderflower, honey, damp soil in the morning, freshly baked bread, bowl of muesli and raisins. Light spring onion, minty like sensation.

Taste

83 83

Luksusowa; Potato vodka. Spicy, woody like, Fjellbrød and Havre Kjeks. Multigrain oatmeal bread. Vegetative. Pineapple, tingling sensation after eating a chili pepper.

Scented candle.

Finish

85 85

Medium and fruity. Some elements of pear and lingonberry.
kanpai79 scored this whisky 89 points
21 Oct 2019 11:51 am
Nose

88 88

Taste

90 90

Finish

89 89
MrYens scored this whisky 88 points
03 Jan 2019 8:01 pm

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