Karuizawa 19 Years Old 1991
Noh Single Cask No.3206 (20cl) & Nosing Glasses X2
Karuizawa 19 Years Old 1991
From Karuizawa's highly collectable Noh range is a Single cask bottling which began its life back in 1991. Matured for 19 years in a Sherry butt before being bottled at cask strength in 2010. This special bottlings also comes with a set of two Karuizawa nosing glasses - both comes complete with presentation boxes.
The most collectable name in Japanese whisky, began life as a vineyard, beneath Mount Asama, which was an active volcano. Before the then owners, Daikoku-budoshu, decided to enter the world of whisky in 1955. A brave move given the domestic market was still relatively small and whisky was seen as being of Scottish origin. They looked to Scotland and created a modest-sized distillery that brought together the best of whisky. The emphasis was on quality, using the flavoursome Golden Promise barley that is rarely used today, stills that enhanced the distillate and then predominately sherry maturation, thanks to casks sourced from Spain. A lull in whisky demand prompted the distillery to be closed in 2000, if Japanese whisky was booming as it has been in recent times, Karuizawa would still be in existence. Instead, the remaining casks were purchased by Ichiro Akuto and over the years we’ve seen these hugely collectable releases arrive at retail and vanish soon after.
