USA SHIPPING FROM $28
EU SHIPPING FROM €16
USA SHIPPING FROM $28
EU SHIPPING FROM €16
$15187
Chocolate, fragrant herbs and a green, earthy note characterise this 1981 Karuizawa, a 35 Years Old single cask from the closed Nagano distillery, matured in Oloroso sherry wood and bottled for Germany at cask strength.
Only 2 left in stock
Description
Karuizawa operated as a single malt distillery at the base of Mt. Asama in Nagano Prefecture under Mercian until its closure in 2000, with the site demolished in 2016. This bottling is a single cask from 1981, aged for 35 years and released in 2016 for the German market. The 1981 vintage is among the most documented of Karuizawa's remaining stock, with casks surfacing across markets as the supply continues to narrow.
Maturation was in Oloroso sherry wood, the dominant cask style at Karuizawa, which characteristically delivered dark fruit, chocolate and leather over decades. The flavour profile recorded for this cask includes chocolate, fragrant notes, a green-house herbaceousness and a sandy, earthy mineral quality. Bottled at 58.5% from a single cask, it carries that textural density Karuizawa developed through long sherry ageing on Golden Promise spirit.
Additional information
