Karuizawa 1983 Number One Drinks White Warrior Label bottled 2014 Speciality Drinks

  • 59.10% |
  • 0.70L

Karuizawa distillé en 1983 et embouteillé brut de fût en 2014 pour The Whisky Exchange (Specialty Drinks) par Number One Drinks. L'étiquette figure un samouraï, en référence à Nakasendō, une des cinq routes d'Edo sous le shogunat Tokugawa ; une des deux qui reliaient Kyoto à Edo (Tokyo). Karuizawa s…More info

Description du lot

  • Distillery: Karuizawa
  • Appellation: Single Malt Whisky
  • Country/Region: Japon Japan, Honshu - Nagano
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 5cm
  • State: 1 very slightly marked label, 1 wax capsule

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Karuizawa 1983 Number One Drinks White Warrior Label bottled 2014 Speciality Drinks

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  • 09/04/2021 €6,962

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Karuizawa 1983 Number One Drinks White Warrior Label bottled 2014 Speciality Drinks

Cuvée presentation

Karuizawa distillé en 1983 et embouteillé brut de fût en 2014 pour The Whisky Exchange (Specialty Drinks) par Number One Drinks. L'étiquette figure un samouraï, en référence à Nakasendō, une des cinq routes d'Edo sous le shogunat Tokugawa ; une des deux qui reliaient Kyoto à Edo (Tokyo). Karuizawa se trouve sur cette route et les samouraï, les seigneurs féodaux et leurs servants avaient coutume de s'y arrêter pour se reposer avant de reprendre la route. Noriko Kakuda Croll et David Croll fondent une société d’importation de whisky au Japon à la fin des années 1990. C’est grâce à cette activité qu’ils rencontrent Marcin Miller, rédacteur et éditeur de Whisky Magazine. Ensemble, ils créent une édition japonaise de Whisky Magazine et le Whisky Live en 2000. En 2005, ils fondent Number One Drinks Company, dédiée à l’exportation de whiskies japonais d’exception comme Karuizawa ou Hanyu, d’abord en Europe puis à l’international. Après avoir essayé de racheter Karuizawa à Kirin, ils se consolent en mettant la main sur le stock de la distillerie (364 fûts) en août 2011, après d’âpres négociations.

The distillery Karuizawa

Japan, Nagano. Distillery closed and dismantled.

Mothballed in the early 2000s, Karuizawa closed definitively in Spring 2012. Located at the foot of one of Japan's most active volcanoes, Mont Asama, Karuizawa began distilling in 1956. Equipped with small direct coal-fired stills, Karuizawa produced a robust, full-bodied malt that took perfectly to long maturation in ex-sherry casks from Spain (first fill) and Scotland (second fill, such as Mortlach). Karuizawa was a malt distilled to produce the Ocean blends of the Daikoku group. Bottlings of single malts were at the time reserved for the distillery's visitor centre and a handful of private clients. These hand-bottled versions were offered as cask strength, single cask vintages. Only what was needed for the bottling was removed from the cask, with the rest left to continue ageing in barrel. This practice explains why the same barrel can exist in various bottlings of different ages and versions. This means that the 1970 cask #6177 exists under two labels, one a 31 Year Old Distillery Edition (2002) and the other a 42 Year Old Vintage Single Cask Edition (2012). It was under the aegis of Number One Drinks, who bought the 300 or so barrels still available at the distillery in 2006, that Karuizawa joined the ranks of legend.

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Detailed characteristics

  • Distillery: Karuizawa
  • Vintage: 1983
  • Bottler: Number One Drinks
  • Appellation: Single Malt Whisky
  • Country/Region: Japon Japan, Honshu - Nagano
  • Alcohol percentage: 59.10 %
  • Volume: 0.70L
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 5cm
  • State: 1 very slightly marked label, 1 wax capsule
  • Case: Yes
  • Origin: Trade
  • Recoverable VAT: Yes
  • Color: Ambré

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