11 June 2025

    • Karuizawa 1999/2000 Vintage

    Cask Strength 33rd Edition

    Winning Bid
    £1,200
    NO RESERVE
    Karuizawa 1999/2000 Vintage
    Cask Strength 33rd Edition
    Lot #1370582
    FINISH DATE
    21 April 2025

    This Karuizawa is the 33rd edition of the Fugaku Sanjurokkei (Thirty-Six views of Mount Fuji) Series. Each edition features beautiful artwork from Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai, showing Mount Fuji in various weather conditions. This rare Karuizawa whisky has been drawn from casks of 1999 and 2000 vintages and bottled at natural cask strength which is 61.4% in this case.

    Karuizawa

    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.

    Lot Features
    • BOTTLER
      Official Bottling
    • DISTILLERY
      Karuizawa
    • TYPE
      Full Size
    • SIZE
      70 cl
    • STRENGTH
      61.4%
    Region
    Japan
    Japan

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