INFORMATION
Karuizawa 1980 - 2015. 35 Year Old. Cask number 4376. Geisha Label. One of 212 bottles matured in a Sherry Butt. Bottled exclusively for Harbour City Hong Kong. 700ml. 60.1%.
A very rare single cask Karuizawa 1980 bottled as a 35-year-old in 2015 as an exclusive for the Harbour City luxury shopping mall in Hong Kong. Cask 4376 was a sherry butt that yielded 212 bottles at its extraordinary cask strength of 60.1%. This beautifully-packaged Karuizawa 1980 comes in a presentation box featuring a woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi depicting a trio of Geisha.
DISTILLERY:Karuizawa
DISTILLERY STATUS:Closed
Bottle ABV:60.1%
Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml
Bottle PRODUCED:212
BOTTLER:Distillery Bottling
SPIRIT TYPE:Japan
LIMITED EDITION:yes
CASK NUMBER:4376
CASK TYPE:Single Malt
DISTILLED YEAR:1980
BOTTLING DATE::2015
AGE:35
The Karuizawa distillery was originally a winery built by Daikoku Budoshu in the mountains of the ski resort town of the same name in Japan’s Nagano prefecture in 1935. In the 1950s direct-fired pot stills were added at Karuizawa and the distillery began making whisky in 1956, producing spirit for Daikoku’s Ocean blend.
Karuizawa tried to emulate the finest Scottish distilleries, using Golden Promise barley and high quality sherry casks. Sadly, with the domestic market in decline, Karuizawa ceased production in 2000 and was later demolished by owners Kirin, who bought Mercian in 2006. Soon afterwards, a series of extraordinary casks were bottled by Number One Drinks, and Karuizawa’s whiskies subsequently soared in value. In 2020 a new Karuizawa Distillers company fronted by Kavalan alumnus Ian Chang revealed that they would be building a distillery at Komoro near Karuizawa.
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