Ontake The First Edition 2023

As the name suggests, The First Edition is the first single malt from the Japanese Ontake distillery, which was founded in 2019 at an altitude of 400 metres in the hills of the Satsuma Peninsula. Natural and soft water combined with unpeated malt and home-grown yeast ensure pure quality in the final distillate, while maturation in carefully selected old sherry casks produces a single malt that has already been awarded gold at the San Francisco World Spirits Comepetition 2024. Ontake can draw on around 180 years of distilling expertise from its parent company Nishi Sake Brewery for its production. Bottled in 2023, The First Edition whisky was matured in first-fill solera sherry butts and is neither chill-filtered nor coloured.