Karuizawa

Karuizawa Noh Whisky Multi-Vintages No. 1 27 Year Old, Sherry Butt & Bourbon Cask, Cask #6405, 4973, 8184, 6437, 2011, 59.1%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 48
Average Score
Avg 93
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Description

A legendary name in Japanese whisky that developed significant cult status due to many exceptional releases of its whisky following its closure in 2000. The original distillery was dismantled in 2016, however a new one was built 7 miles away in the town of Karuizawa, commencing production in 2023. A UK-based importer and distributor founded by David Croll and Marcin Miller. The company made a name ...

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Cask type
Sherry Butt & Bourbon Cask
Bottling
Official Bottling
Peated
Lightly Peated
Single cask
No
Non-chill filtered
N.A
Cask origin
N.A
Cask no.
6405, 4973, 8184, 6437
Batch
No. 1
PPM
N.A
Barley
N.A
Fermentation
N.A
Master distiller (bottling)
N.A
Master distiller (distillation)
N.A
Limited edition
Yes
Bottle count
1500
Has box
Yes
Closure
Cork
Presentation
Box
Series highlights
Noh Whisky Series
Historical context
Karuizawa distillery closed in 2000/2001 and was dismantled in 2016, making this a bottling from a 'ghost distillery'.
Special release
Bottled for La Maison du Whisky
Allocation
La Maison du Whisky
Nose
Powerful, with notes of kirsch, leather, blackberry jam, baked apples, roasted almonds, sherry wood, dried figs, eucalyptus, turpentine, varnish, humus, pine needles, exotic fruit jams, aged teas, rancio, rose syrup, sultana, dark fruits, miso, treacle pudding, smoked mint tea, smoky, briny, chocolate, orange, cherry, iodine, sticky toffee pudding, spicy, hot, dark overripe fruit, tropical fruits, tobacco, peat smoke, dusty bookshelf, old cracked leather, overripe raspberry, papaya, balsamic, wet forest floor.
Palate
Very intense, hot, very sherried, burnt sugar, roasted hazelnuts, dark chocolate, leather, bitter spices, Seville oranges, cough syrup, pepper, dark tea, smoke, tobacco, big resonating oak, coconut curry, rosewater, lychee, lime jelly, five spice, lightly smoked paprika, chai tea, dried & crystallised exotic fruits, deep earthiness, old school herbal cough medicines, peppery peat smoke, coconut milk, smoked cereals, herbal & exotic teas, umami broths, paprika, dried lime peel, incense, pot pourri, thick, chewy, smoky, sweet, jam-like, licorice, cinnamon-spiced dough, salty, farmy bits, tropical, orange, chocolate, figs, salted bacon grease, wood, vanilla, date extract, walnuts, 90% dark chocolate.
Finish
Long, herbal, spicy, earthy notes, incense, spices, sandalwood, herbal peat smoke, lightly sooty tones, vivid umami, rancio, full, fruity, orange, orange peel, rum cake, burnt toast with thin layer of orange marmalade, coffee beans, thick, chewy, deeply savoury, bitter dark chocolate, herbs, rich oak, dries the mouth perfectly.
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