Description
The mountain town of Karuizawa is situated on a high plain at the base of active volcano, Mount Asama, in the heart of Japan's mainland. In 1956, the wine and spirits giant, Daikoku Budoshu, expanded their already established empire there by building a distillery with the onus of producing a single malt to be utilised in the company's blends. They christened it 'Ocean'. 1958 saw a freer importatio. This Karuizawa 30 Year Old Geisha Cask #8606 is a single malt whisky distilled in 1983 and bottled in 2013. It was aged for 30 years in a bourbon cask and is part of the 'Geisha Label' or 'First Geishas' series, with a limited release of 350 bottles. This bottling was produced exclusively for The Whisky Exchange for The Whisky Show 2013. The Karuizawa distillery ceased operations in 2001 and was demolished in 2016, making its remaining products highly sought after by collectors.