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Karuizawa The Masterpieces in Eight Colours (Purple) 16 Year Old, Sherry Cask, Batch No. 2, 2015, 52.1%
Karuizawa

Karuizawa The Masterpieces in Eight Colours (Purple) 16 Year Old, Sherry Cask, Batch No. 2, 2015, 52.1%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 29
Average Score
N.A
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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'. The distillery was mothballed in 2000 and closed definitively in 2011 or 2012. This bottling is from the distillery's final years of production and is part of 'The Masterpieces in Eight Colours' series, featuring traditional Japanese colors and Kanji art by Souun Takeda.

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The Whisky WorldVerified Retail Listing - Updated Oct 6, 2026SGD 10,585.90
Cask type
Sherry Cask
Bottling
Official Bottling
Peated
Unpeated
Single cask
No
Non-chill filtered
Yes
Cask origin
N.A
Cask no.
N.A
Batch
2
PPM
N.A
Barley
Golden Promise barley from Scotland
Fermentation
N.A
Master distiller (bottling)
N.A
Master distiller (distillation)
N.A
Limited edition
Yes
Bottle count
N.A
Has box
Yes
Closure
Cork
Presentation
Box
Series highlights
The Masterpieces in Eight Colours (Purple)
Historical context
Distilled during the final years of production before the distillery was mothballed in 2000 and closed in 2011/2012.
Special release
Part of 'The Masterpieces in Eight Colours' series, featuring traditional Japanese colors and Kanji art by Souun Takeda.
Allocation
Japan
Nose
Great elegance and charm, with alluring notes of ripe Honeycrisp apples, apple pie with vanilla ice cream, butterscotch, and a hint of cherry jam.
Palate
Balanced and rich, with a delightful mouthfeel. Flavors include cinnamon apples, stewed ginger, rancio, old leather-bound books, and a touch of dark chocolate bitterness.
Finish
Elegant and long-lasting, with fading ginger, baked apples, gentle malt, complex rancio, and a subtle dark chocolate presence.
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