Single Malt Whisky, 'Ichiro's Malt, Single Cask #13657 - Grist Mill'

• Single cask single malt Japanese whisky distilled by Chichibu Distillery in Saitama, Japan
• Cask #13657
• Distilled from 100% unpeated malted barley
• Fermented 100 hours in mizunara oak washbacks
• Double distilled in Forsyths copper pot stills
• Aged 11 years; aged 5 years in an ex–bourbon barrel and 6.5 years in a first-fill red wine cask from Francis Ford Coppola Winery in Sonoma, California
• Limited US release of only 259 bottles
• Aromas of red cherry, blackcurrant, and cocoa with plum compote, orange marmalade, toasted malt, clove, and dark chocolate on the palate
• No added coloring
• Non-chill filtered; bottled at a cask strength of 63.1% ABV

Grist Mill is part of a series of single cask releases from Chichibu Distillery named for crucial pieces of machinery used throughout the whisky-making process, featuring labels that use color and waveforms to visually represent that process—in this case, the grist mill used to mill the distillery’s malted barley. After five years spent in an ex–bourbon barrel, this cask was re-barreled into a first-fill red wine cask from the Francis Ford Coppola Winery in Sonoma, California, lending the expression its compelling layers of red fruit and added spice.