Karuizawa 30 Year Old Samurai Cask #4201
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Lot number: 0521614
Winning bid: £2,700
From Master of Malt: A legend of the whisky world, the Karuizawa distillery was opened in 1955 in Miyota, Japan, rather near the active volcano Mount Asama.
The distillery housed four small stills and imported Golden Promise barley from Scotland to create their whisky, which was then often aged in Sherry casks.
Sadly, the distillery was mothballed in 2001, with their stocks of slowly trickling out to market, where the bottles have become quite the collector's item for whisky enthusiasts.
In 2011, the UK-based company Number One Drinks purchased the remaining stocks of Karuizawa’s whisky. When encountering Karuizawa whisky in the wild, we recommend whispering to yourself "Precious, precious Karuizawa..."
Ten casks were bottled in 2014 and 2015, each with a different Samurai depicted on the label.
Samurai 30 Year Old Cask 4201
Bottled: 2015
Age: 30 years
Cask Type: Sherry Butt
Cask Number: 4201
57.4% ABV / 70cl
Bottle Number: One of only 358 bottles released.