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Cask #4943 selected by The Whisky Exchange for the UK market, a 1981 Karuizawa aged 33 years in an Oloroso sherry cask and bottled at 63.4% cask strength, the closed Nagano distillery’s dense dark fruit and leather in a single barrel curated by a leading British independent.
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Karuizawa single malt distillery in Nagano Prefecture closed in 2000, and independent bottlers across Europe played a significant role in bringing its remaining casks to specialist markets in the following years. Cask #4943, a 1981 vintage matured for 33 years in an Oloroso sherry cask, was selected by The Whisky Exchange and bottled in 2014 for the UK market.
Thirty-three years in Oloroso wood produces the concentrated dark dried fruit, chocolate, leather and old spice that define the classic Karuizawa profile. At 63.4% cask strength, the whisky carries the power typical of older single casks drawn undiluted from the butt. The Whisky Exchange selection adds a layer of provenance, marking this as a curated independent bottling from a closed Japanese distillery whose releases have become central to the Japanese whisky collector market.
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