Description
A 40-year-old Karuizawa Japanese single malt, distilled in 1972 and bottled in 2012, featuring the Golden Dragon label and matured in a single sherry butt.
Karuizawa
Karuizawa Golden Dragon 40 Year Old, Sherry Cask, Cask #8833, 1972, Number One Drinks, 55.9%
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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
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- Region
- Japan
- Age
- 40 Years
- Vintage
- 1972
- Bottled
- 2012
- ABV
- 55.9%
- Volume
- 70cl
- Distillery
- Karuizawa
- Origin
- Japan
- Cask type
- Sherry Cask
- Bottling
- Independent Bottling - Number One Drinks
- Peated
- N.A
- Single cask
- Yes
- Non-chill filtered
- No
- Cask origin
- N.A
- Cask no.
- 8833
- Batch
- N.A
- PPM
- N.A
- Barley
- N.A
- Fermentation
- N.A
- Master distiller (bottling)
- N.A
- Master distiller (distillation)
- N.A
- Limited edition
- Yes
- Bottle count
- 267
- Has box
- Yes
- Closure
- Cork
- Presentation
- Presentation box
- Series highlights
- Karuizawa Vintage Golden Dragon single-cask release
- Historical context
- Distilled before Karuizawa Distillery's closure; bottled in 2012 from remaining stock.
- Special release
- UK-imported release associated with Number One Drinks
- Allocation
- N.A
- Nose
- N.A
- Palate
- N.A
- Finish
- N.A