Karuizawa 1980 33 Year Old Cask #4556 for La Maison du Whisky
Lot number: 073-1273
Winning bid: £1,950
Founded in 1955 with a keen eye on producing high quality whisky, Karuizawa was mothballed in 2000 and since then has achieved the kind of mythical stature reserved for only a select few distilleries.
During production it solely used Golden Promise barley imported from Scotland - the barley was considered vital for long maturation. Direct fired stills, Sherry casks sourced from Spain and an on-site cooperage all contributed to the high quality of its whisky.
In 2011 Number One Drinks bought the remaining stock and it has been instrumental in the phoenix- like resurrection of a distillery that rarely released any bottles during its life time.
Bottled exclusively for La Maison du Whisky, there were just 225 bottled taken from cask #4556. We think there is a distinctly Toulouse-Lautrec theme going on with these labels too!
Distilled: March 1980
Bottled: July 2013
Age: 33 years old
Cask Type: Sherry butt
Cask Number: 4556
60.3% ABV / 70cl
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