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    • Yamazaki 1994

    2011 The Owner's Cask (Sherry Butt)

    Winning Bid
    £1,210
    NO RESERVE

    Yamazaki 1994

    2011 The Owner's Cask (Sherry Butt)
    Lot #0291037
    FINISH DATE
    30 April 2016

    In November 2004, Suntory introduced "The Owner's Cask," a chance to purchase an entire cask of select malt whisky. The first sale of its type in Japan, this event provided customers with a unique luxury--owning their very own cask, filled with a single malt whiskey unlike any other in the world. About half of the casks available sold to individual customers willing to pay a premium price.

    This is one of the whiskies as a result of this program. Distilled in 1994, and matured in a sherry butt until bottling in 2011. Each bottle from this single sherry butt was numbered with a yield of 438 bottles.

    Yamazaki

    Founded in 1923 by Shinjiro Torri, the seeds of Yamazaki were planted when he sent a worker, Masetaka Taketsura, to Scotland to learn the art of whisky distillation. His trip lasted 3 years before he returned and with Torri, selected the site of Yamazaki distillery. The first spirit flowed in 1924 and just a few years later, Torri changed the name of his company to Suntory, which remains in use today. Floor malting did exist at Yamazaki, but this ended in 1971 and has since relied on shipments of barley. The distillery has a unique assortment of stills, coming in all shapes and sizes. This allows a variety of whiskies to be produced, assisted by worm tubs, shell condensers and tube condensers. Production was increased further in 2013 with a $50 million investment, as demand has rocketed for Japanese whisky. Since then, Yamazaki, like so many Japanese distilleries, has suffered from a shortage of stock and has revamped its range to overcome this.

    Lot Features
    • CASK TYPE
      Sherry Butt
    • DISTILLERY
      Yamazaki
    • TYPE
      Full Size
    • SIZE
      70 cl
    • STRENGTH
      51%
    • CASK NUMBER
      4G 3003
    • CASK TYPE
      Sherry Butt
    • APPROX. SHIPPING WEIGHT (kg)
      2
    Region
    Japan
    Japan

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