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Karuizawa Tokyo International Bar Show 2017 17 Year Old, Sherry Cask, Cask #545, 2017, 62.3%
Karuizawa

Karuizawa Tokyo International Bar Show 2017 17 Year Old, Sherry Cask, Cask #545, 2017, 62.3%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 50
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'. 1958 saw a freer importatio ...

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Cask type
Sherry Cask
Bottling
Official Bottling
Peated
Peated
Single cask
Yes
Non-chill filtered
N.A
Cask origin
N.A
Cask no.
545
Batch
N.A
PPM
N.A
Barley
Golden Promise
Fermentation
N.A
Master distiller (bottling)
N.A
Master distiller (distillation)
N.A
Limited edition
Yes
Bottle count
417
Has box
Yes
Closure
Cork
Presentation
Carton
Series highlights
Tokyo International Bar Show 2017, Geisha Series
Historical context
Karuizawa distillery was mothballed in 2000 and closed in 2011/2012, making this bottling from the period just before its closure.
Special release
Tokyo International Bar Show 2017 Exclusive
Allocation
Japan
Nose
Chinese mushrooms, some vanilla/toast, old purple plums. No sherry aromas though. Interesting.
Palate
strong, drying, dark fruit cup, sour wood. But after awhile, all the flavors tend to dull out and you're left with a sour and sweet dehydrated berries like flavor. Nice.
Finish
short to medium, something akin to raisins, wood, abv burn. Very intense, quite nice.
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