Karuizawa Geisha 1981 35 years - The Splendid Age Series New Year Visit Cask 8331

  • 56.30% |
  • 0.70L

Donated by Hua Yang
This bottle is a part of the “The Splendid Age” series from Karuizawa, including ten bottlings, each produced from a single 35-year-old cask, and bottled without proofing at cask strength. This New Year Visit edition is a limited edition of 204 bo…More info

Description du lot

  • Distillery: Karuizawa
  • Appellation: Single Malt Whisky
  • Country/Region: Japan Honshu - Nagano
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • State: 1 good appearance

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Lot presentation
Karuizawa Geisha 1981 35 years - The Splendid Age Series New Year Visit Cask 8331

Cuvée presentation

Donated by Hua Yang
This bottle is a part of the “The Splendid Age” series from Karuizawa, including ten bottlings, each produced from a single 35-year-old cask, and bottled without proofing at cask strength. This New Year Visit edition is a limited edition of 204 bottles and is drawn from bourbon barrel no.8331.
In Japan, on New Year’s Day, famed geishas adorn their finest attire and visit shrines to say their first prayers of the year; to wish for peace, security and good fortune for the year ahead, alongside the hope for healthy relationships. The label on this bottle of Karuizawa represents the painting Kameido Hatsuu-mairi by Utagawa Toyokuni, depicting a scene where geishas pay their first New Year's visit to the Kameido Shrine.

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: 1981
  • Bottler: Number One Drinks
  • Age: 35 years
  • Appellation: Single Malt Whisky
  • Country/Region: Japan Honshu - Nagano
  • Alcohol percentage: 56.30 %
  • Volume: 0.70L
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • State: 1 good appearance
  • Case: Yes
  • Origin: Producer
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Color: Brown

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