Karuizawa Vintage 1973 Single Cask Whisky

Karuizawa is the gold standard for rare Japanese whisky. The distillery closed its doors in 2011, although it had not been producing whisky for over a decade. This particular Single Cask whisky was distilled in 1973 and matured in Cask #6249 for 35 year before being bottled on March 2008. Presented in its original box with only 342 bottles ever released. If you’d like to know the taste of a rare Karuizawa, then this is your bottle.

Karuizawa Vintage 1973 Single Cask Whisky Tasting Notes

Nose: The aromas have alight fruit notes with malt and spice.

Palate: The taste almost is really just a short beginning that crescendos and transitions extremely smoothly into the finish.

Finish: Finish is long, spicy and smooth.

Distillery Information

Karuizawa distillery was a Japanese whisky distillery. It was located at Miyota, a town on the southern slopes of an active complex volcano, Mount Asama, in Kitasaku District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1955, the distillery began production in 1956.

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