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 ... The Karuizawa distillery was established in 1955 and ceased production in 2000, eventually being dismantled in 2016. This 1999 vintage is from its final year of production, making it a highly sought-after collector's item.