Ichiro’s Malt Wine Wood Reserve

Ichiro Akuto is the founder of the Chichibu distillery and one of the most respected distillers in Japan, but also an experienced blender. Ichiro’s Malt WineWood Reserve is a blend of Maltwhisky from Chichibu and the closed Hanyu distillery (in decreasing amounts over the years), but also Scotch whisky.

This is finished in a wine casks , the rather unique Ovum casks , which are 20 hl egg-shaped barrels made from French oak, shaped in the Charentes region by the Taransaud company. I’ve seen them being used in the Bordeaux region where they have some oenological advantages, but...