Shacho is an eleven-year-old Kentucky straight bourbon from Gentleman's Cut, finished in new Mizunara oak barrels from Hokkaido. The name is the Japanese word for a leader or company head, and Stephen Curry made it as a salute to leadership rather than to a statistic.
About This Bourbon
The bourbon starts with a mash bill of 78% corn, 13% rye and 9% malted barley and spent eleven years in new American white oak. It was then moved into new Mizunara barrels (Quercus mongolica) coopered from Hokkaido timber. Mizunara is slow-growing, porous and hard to work, and it is prized in Japanese whisky for incense, sandalwood and coconut notes. The finished whiskey was bottled at 105 proof (52.5% ABV), with around 850 bottles released in 2026.
Tasting Profile
- Nose: Sandalwood and temple incense over caramel, with toasted coconut and cinnamon.
- Palate: Rich and layered; brown sugar and vanilla first, then creamy coconut and a spicy, resinous wood note mid-palate.
- Finish: Long, with baking spice, vanilla and a lingering incense-like dryness.
Serving & Food
A Glencairn or small tulip at room temperature suits it; add a little water to draw out the coconut. Pair it with teriyaki-glazed black cod, grilled wagyu with a light soy dip, or a matcha and white chocolate dessert.
How to Enjoy
Japanese whisky drinkers moving into bourbon, and a thoughtful gift for a mentor, boss or chairman.
Product Details
Category: Kentucky Straight Bourbon / American Whiskey
Brand: Gentleman's Cut (Player series, Shacho Edition)
Bottled by: Game Changer Distillery, Boone County, Kentucky
Country: USA
Age Statement: 11 Year
Mash Bill: 78% corn, 13% rye, 9% malted barley
Finish: New Japanese Mizunara oak (Hokkaido)
Proof: 105 proof / 52.5% ABV
Limited production: About 850 bottles
Format: 750mL
About the Distillery
Most Gentleman's Cut limited Player releases celebrate a number: seasons played, threes made. Shacho looks the other way, towards Japan and the idea of leading with humility. It is a one-time bottling, like the rest of the series, selected by Curry with John Schwartz, the Napa vintner who co-founded the brand.
Production sits with Game Changer Distillery in Boone County, northern Kentucky, the partnership between Curry's SC30 Inc., Schwartz and Boone County Distilling Co. The house style leans on slow copper pot distillation and long ageing in new charred oak; for this edition the team added a finish in wood that very few American whiskeys use. Solera is proud to distribute Gentleman's Cut Bourbon in Hong Kong and Macau.
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