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

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

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Chichibu ‘Paris Edition’ (57.3%, OB, Japan, 1357 bottles, 2018) Four stars and a half
This is a little complicated I have to say. Five casks altogether, including three barriques (could be Bordeaux, but they also use barriques elsewhere) of which they changed the heads for some mizunara oak, plus two new French oak casks. In short, this is marquetry… Colour: gold. Nose: porridge, mashed potatoes (Robuchon style, 50% potatoes, 50% butter – und Muskat Nuss, Herr Müller!) then spicy oranges and spicy hard bread, Sweden-style. In short, this is very bready, which we like a lot, naturally. We’ll do some ‘no wine in my whisky’ T-shirts one day. With water: oh well done! These oaks and this distillate are rather doing it in a Travolta/Newton-John way. As I sometimes say, I hate it that I’m loving this. Mouth (neat): makes you laugh, for the better. Caraway, ginger cake, yuzu and kumquat, corn bread, a touch of apricot jam, a hint of soft sweet curry. Were these barriques ex-Sauternes? With water: no, careful, do not add too much H2O or it’ll get too spicy. Finish: long, spicy and yet quite round and mellow, bizarrely. Comments: they’ve done it again. Wonderful young peatless yet spicy Chichibu.
SGP:462 - 89 points.

- Origin: Japan, Saitama, Chichibu.
- 5 Hogshead with Mizunara virgin head (Japanese oak) and 2 new French oak.

Special edition to celebrate the anniversary of 160 years of Franco-Japanese friendship.
Editions, even "basic" Chichibu tear more and more.

● The dress.
Many tears thick with large irregular drops.

● The nose.
Open on cereals, malted barley, a sweet vanilla accompanied by a soft caramel.
White flowers reminiscent of hawthorn, honey of white flowers, fruit too: Pear and nashi.
The wood is soft and velvety without aggressiveness, fine. Some barks of lemon and orange, mandarin and papaya.
A small amount of spices close the nose.

● The mouth.
Tender, syrupy and sweet on white flowers and honey.
The cereals come slightly tickling the tongue wrapped by a sweet and young vanilla wood.
Pear and nashi, pineapple, papaya and gray pepper. Mineral and crystalline, lemon, a little clove and a slight vegetable.

● The final.
Long, busty, exotic.
Pepper and cloves.

A gourmet and complete Chichibu while remaining spicy and complex, it will grow on the length.
Really good and interesting.

If it had to be given a subjective note, it would be a 89.