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Karuizawa 15 years 1994 Number One Drinks Sherry Butt Cask n°270 - bottled 2010 LMDW Noh Label - Lot of 1 bottle - 0
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Karuizawa 15 years 1994 Number One Drinks Sherry Butt Cask n°270 - bottled 2010 LMDW Noh Label

62.7%

0.7L

Intensity

Quantity: 1 bottleObservations: 1 Marginally marked label, 1 Wax capsuleLevel: 1 NormalOrigin: private individualRecoverable VAT: noRegion: Honshu NaganoAppellation: Karuizawa
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Karuizawa 15 years 1994 Number One Drinks Sherry Butt Cask n°270 - bottled 2010 LMDW Noh Label

The wine

A single cask Karuizawa (#270) distilled in 1994 and bottled at cask strength in 2010 after 15 years of maturation in a sherry cask. This bottling is part of the Noh Whisky series from Number One Drinks, a company founded by David Croll and Marcin Miller in 2006, responsible for many bottlings of Karuizawa. The Noh Whisky series was produced in tribute to the Kamiasobi noh theatre company, formed in 1997 to continue the tradition of this Japanese art whose origins date back to the 14th century. A limited edition of 480 bottles for La Maison du Whisky.

About the Producer 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.

Detailed characteristics

Quantity: 1 bottle

Level: 1 NormalObservations: 1 Marginally marked label, 1 Wax capsule

Origin: private individual

Type of cellar: underground, natural cellar

Recoverable VAT: no

Original wooden case / Original case: no

French customs seal: yes

Alcohol percentage: 62.7 %

Region: Japan - Honshu Nagano

Appellation: Karuizawa

Colour: amber

Viticulture: conventional More information....

Intensity: classic

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Karuizawa 15 years 1994 Number One Drinks Sherry Butt Cask n°270 - bottled 2010 LMDW Noh Label

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Current auction price estimate(1)
Karuizawa 15 years 1994 Number One Drinks Sherry Butt Cask n°270 - bottled 2010 LMDW Noh Label
5,428
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