Honey
Vanilla & caramel
Oak

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Chita Suntory Whisky

Name: Chita Suntory Whisky 700ml
SKU: 111115
Price: 99.99 NZD
Availability: InStock

Whisky · Japan · 700ml · 40%

$99.99each

What it tastes like

A Japanese grain whisky with smooth honey, vanilla and light oak notes, finishing elegantly.

Honey
Vanilla & caramel
Oak

Additional information

Whisky
Style: Japan
Origin: 700ml
Size: 40% ABV
Alcohol: 2.2 per bottle
Standard drinks

The story of Chita Suntory Whisky

The Chita is a single grain whisky from Suntory, distilled at the Chita Distillery on the coast of Aichi Prefecture in Japan. Suntory founded the distillery in 1972, and Keizo Saji, son of company founder Shinjiro Torii, set it up to make high quality Japanese grain whisky.

Chita works with corn and makes three styles of grain whisky, clean, medium and heavy, where many distilleries make only the heavy style. For years that grain went quietly into Suntory blends, Hibiki among them. The Chita puts it in the spotlight on its own, matured in oak and bottled at 43%.

Corn gives it a light body and a gently sweet fragrance, much like bourbon. Expect soft fruit such as banana and peach, with vanilla and butterscotch, then a short to medium finish with a little white pepper and spicy oak.

Drink it neat to catch the soft fruit, or use it as the base of a cocktail, where its light style mixes well.