Karuizawa 1981 Number One Drinks Single Cask n°6207 - bottled 2011

  • 58.30% |
  • 0.70L

A Karuizawa single cask (#6207) distilled in 1981 and bottled at cask strength in 2011 by Number One Drinks. Number One Drinks was founded in 2006 by David Croll and Marcin Miller, who bought the distillery’’s stocks in 2011. The label provides only basic information, such as when each bottle was fi…More info

Description du lot

  • Distillery: Karuizawa
  • Appellation: Single Malt Whisky
  • Country/Region: Japan , Honshu - Nagano
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • State: 1 good appearance

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Karuizawa 1981 Number One Drinks Single Cask n°6207 - bottled 2011

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  • Current Price Estimate

  • €4,530
  • €4,530 (Highest price)
  • €4,530 (Lowest price)

Latest auction prices

  • 19/04/2024 €4,529
  • 19/04/2024 €4,529
  • 09/12/2022 €7,198
  • 22/07/2022 €6,608
  • 17/09/2021 €6,136

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Karuizawa 1981 Number One Drinks Single Cask n°6207 - bottled 2011

Cuvée presentation

A Karuizawa single cask (#6207) distilled in 1981 and bottled at cask strength in 2011 by Number One Drinks. Number One Drinks was founded in 2006 by David Croll and Marcin Miller, who bought the distillery’’s stocks in 2011. The label provides only basic information, such as when each bottle was filled and hand-labelled for the rare visitors to the distillery. A limited edition of 543 bottles for La Maison du Whisky.

The distillery Karuizawa

Japan, Nagano. Distillery closed and dismantled.

Mothballed in the early 2000s, Karuizawa closed definitively in Spring 2012. Located at the foot of one of Japan's most active volcanoes, Mont Asama, Karuizawa began distilling in 1956. Equipped with small direct coal-fired stills, Karuizawa produced a robust, full-bodied malt that took perfectly to long maturation in ex-sherry casks from Spain (first fill) and Scotland (second fill, such as Mortlach). Karuizawa was a malt distilled to produce the Ocean blends of the Daikoku group. Bottlings of single malts were at the time reserved for the distillery's visitor centre and a handful of private clients. These hand-bottled versions were offered as cask strength, single cask vintages. Only what was needed for the bottling was removed from the cask, with the rest left to continue ageing in barrel. This practice explains why the same barrel can exist in various bottlings of different ages and versions. This means that the 1970 cask #6177 exists under two labels, one a 31 Year Old Distillery Edition (2002) and the other a 42 Year Old Vintage Single Cask Edition (2012). It was under the aegis of Number One Drinks, who bought the 300 or so barrels still available at the distillery in 2006, that Karuizawa joined the ranks of legend.

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Detailed characteristics

  • Distillery: Karuizawa
  • Vintage: 1981
  • Bottler: Number One Drinks
  • Appellation: Single Malt Whisky
  • Country/Region: Japan , Honshu - Nagano
  • Alcohol percentage: 58.30 %
  • Volume: 0.70L
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • State: 1 good appearance
  • Case: Yes
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Color: Brown

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