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A 1988 vintage Karuizawa bottled 19 Years Old at cask strength 58.3% by The Whisky Fair, matured in a refill butt after Ex-Bourbon ageing, this global release from the closed Nagano distillery takes a lighter path, vanilla and orchard fruit leading with a gentle malty base.
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Karuizawa distillery in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, produced single malt whisky from 1956 until its closure in 2000, using imported Golden Promise barley and small pot stills. This 1988 vintage was bottled in 2007 at 19 Years Old and cask strength 58.3% by The Whisky Fair and released globally.
The maturation shows an Ex-Bourbon primary cask followed by time in a refill butt. The bourbon wood would have laid down early vanilla and cereal sweetness, while the refill butt adds a gentle secondary layer without heavy sherry intensity. The resulting profile sits at the lighter end of the Karuizawa spectrum: orchard fruit, vanilla, light malt and a subtle waxy note that is characteristic of the distillery's Golden Promise and small-still combination. At 58.3% the spirit shows good integration across its 19 years, a more delicate angle on a now-silent Nagano distillery.
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