ICHIRO’S MaltMizunara Wood Reserve
イチローズモルト ミズナラウッドリザーブ
Key malt from Hanyu and whisky from Chichibu are married in a vat made from Hokkaido mizunara. At 46% ABV, this blended malt layers sandalwood, incense, fruit and dark chocolate.
Hanyu and Chichibu, brought together through mizunara.
Key malt from the closed Hanyu distillery is combined with Chichibu whisky and married in a vat made from Hokkaido mizunara. Mizunara washbacks are also used during fermentation for the Chichibu component.
Component ratios and detailed maturation periods are not disclosed.
Mizunara at two stages: fermentation and marriage.
Mizunara washbacks
Mizunara fermentation vessels are used for the Chichibu component.
Mizunara vat
Hanyu and Chichibu malts are brought together in a vat made from Hokkaido mizunara.
Non-chill filtered, natural colour
Natural oils and colour are retained without chill filtration or added colouring.
Sandalwood and incense, citrus and dark chocolate.
Honey, orange and grapefruit brightness meet sandalwood, incense, tobacco and vanilla. Sherried fruit, dark chocolate and black pepper develop on the palate before a short, spicy finish.
Compare how the mizunara character opens.
Neat
The sequence of sandalwood, incense, fruit and chocolate is clearest when served neat.
On the rocks
Cooling tightens the sweetness and lets aromatic wood and black pepper emerge gradually.
Highball
Soda opens the citrus while mizunara aromatics linger lightly through the finish.
Four directions built on mizunara’s fragrant wood and citrus
The food affinities for ICHIRO’S Malt Mizunara Wood Reserve are not official pairings from the maker, but a reading drawn from the characteristics recorded on this page. Four directions are built around the sandalwood and incense carried by the mizunara oak, and the honeyed brightness of its citrus.
A whisky’s aroma is carried by compounds from its raw material and cask, meeting the aroma, fat and sweetness of a dish. What follows is a structural reading of pairings where those aroma families align, not a scientific claim about any single ingredient.
Reading each whisky clearly, then giving it form in Chichibu.
Venture Whisky Co., Ltd. was founded in 2004, and Chichibu Distillery began operating in 2008. Under Ichiro Akuto, distillation, maturation and blending are used to bring the character of each whisky into a coherent final profile.
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12 Years & Under category.
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