This is pretty much a mash up of classic Chichibu flavours - the green apples, stewed fruits, honey and cream, peppery bits - and the textbook Islay flavours - medicinal bitterness, smoke, sea salt.
Here it’s more Chichibu than Islay and still tends towards an overall estery sweetness of concentrated sugars and fruitiness that is enjoyable. The palate is also well-rounded and integrated - well, on the whole it’s pretty well-done… but it just lacks that spark. It’s good but not great, there’s no...
(Read More)This is pretty much a mash up of classic Chichibu flavours - the green apples, stewed fruits, honey and cream, peppery bits - and the textbook Islay flavours - medicinal bitterness, smoke, sea salt.
Here it’s more Chichibu than Islay and still tends...
(Read More)