Karuizawa 12 Year Old

PLEASE NOTE THIS BOTTLE DOES NOT COME WITH A BOX.

A limited-edition Japanese single malt whisky distilled and bottled by the now closed Karuizawadistillery.

Nose: Sherry notes, bread, tobacco, black pepper, sour apple, malt and chocolate.

Palate: Oily, pine needle, tannic, vanilla, Marsala, orange and chocolate.

Finish: A long finish.

Under the ownership of Mercian Corporation, Karuizawa distillery was opened in 1955 in Miyota, Japan,a town on the southern slopes of an active volcano, and began production in 1956. The distillery housed four small stills and imported Golden Promise barley from Scotland to create their whisky, which was then often aged in sherry casks. The distillery was mothballed in 2001, with stocks slowly trickling out to market, where the bottles have become quite the collector’s item for whisky enthusiasts. In 2011, the UK-based company Number One Drinks purchased the remaining stocks of Karuizawas whisky.

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