Chichibu – Paris Edition 2025 Montmartre (70cl, 50.5%)

This is the 2025 Paris Edition from Chichibu, a Japanese single malt bottled at 50.5% in a 70cl bottle. It is limited to 2,484 bottles, and its Montmartre label is paired with Asakusa, one of three pairs across six stamp-style labels. All six labels hold the same vatting of 17 casks, with whiskies aged between five and fourteen years. The casks include new French oak, a Spanish ex-sherry cask, ex-Bordeaux red wine casks, an American hogshead and bourbon barrels, two of which previously held heavily peated whisky. It is lightly peated, non-chill-filtered and without added colour. The nose offers passion fruit, lychee, mango and dark berries. On the palate, peat, lemon and pepper meet honey and wax. The finish is long, with gentian, mint, eucalyptus and toffee.