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Ichiro's Malt Card Series Six Of Hearts

Ichiro's Malt Card Series Six Of Hearts

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Hanyu Distillery

Ichiro's Malt Card Series Six Of Hearts

Ichiro's Malt Card Series Six Of Hearts

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In the world of whisky, few bottles are as valuable as the Ichiro's Malt Card Series from the Hanyu distillery. The whole collection is worth more than most people's houses. Here we present the Ichiro's Malt Six of Hearts, distilled 1991 and bottled 2012. It's more than whisky, it's...

Distillery: Hanyu Distillery

Alc. Content: 57%

Whisky Type:

  Single Malt

Bottle Size: 70cl

Delivery in 7-15 Days Worldwide

Contact us for price

SKU:N0068

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(Price Upon Request)

In the world of whisky, few bottles are as valuable as the Ichiro's Malt Card Series from the Hanyu distillery. The whole collection is worth more than most people's houses. Here we present the Ichiro's Malt Six of Hearts, distilled 1991 and bottled 2012. It's more than whisky, it's...

Distillery: Hanyu Distillery

Alc. Content: 57%

Whisky Type:

  Single Malt

Bottle Size: 70cl

Delivery in 7-15 Days Worldwide

Contact us for price

SKU:N0068

In the world of whisky, few bottles are as valuable as the Ichiro's Malt Card Series from the Hanyu distillery. The whole collection is worth more than most people's houses. Here we present the Ichiro's Malt Six of Hearts, distilled 1991 and bottled 2012. It's more than whisky, it's an investment. Only 6 bottles of each card are in existence. NOTE: Contact us before you order for stock availability.

Nose: plank, sawdust, light wood smoke; leafy and grassy notes; vanilla subtly in the background. Palate: surprising herba notes(spearmint, thyme, ã), orchard fruits and woody notes. Finish: long and lingering with a lovely white pepper tingle.

Hanyu Distillery was located in a town bearing its name on the banks of the Tone river. The original company was founded from a family business originally established in 1626 by the Akuto family, sake-makers in the town of Chichibu. Isouji Akuto, the 19th generation of the Akuto family, built a factory in Hanyu city, north-west of Tokyo, in 1941 to produce alcohol and obtained a licence to do so in 1946.

In 1980, serious attempts to produce a Scotch whisky-type product began and two pot stills were obtained. At the time, consumer demand was for blended whisky rather than single malt. Since then there has been a worldwide shift towards single malts and in 1990 Chichibu whisky was launched, named after the place where the sake was originally produced. It had two steam-heated stills and a continuous still, along with a Sake brewery.

Unfortunately it stopped making whisky in 2000, with the pot stills and distilling equipment dismantled in 2004. The grandson of the founder, Ichiro, purchased the mature stock and distilling facilities and hopes one day to start a new distillery. A dream that he is currently realising with his creation of the Chichibu Distillery.

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