Karuizawa 1984 Of. Cask n°2961 - One of 12 - bottled 2012 Whisky Club Partners'Reserve Dinner

  • 57.70% |
  • 0.70L

FSA Partners Sale: This bottle is presented for sale by Marlène Léon and will be displayed at Whisky Live Paris at the Grande Halle de La Villette from September 28 to 30.
A single cask (#2961) Karuizawa distilled in 1984 and bottled in 2012 by Number One Drinks. An excl…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 Original box slightly damaged, 1 very slightly marked label

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Lot presentation
Karuizawa 1984 Of. Cask n°2961 - One of 12 - bottled 2012 Whisky Club Partners'Reserve Dinner

Cuvée presentation

FSA Partners Sale: This bottle is presented for sale by Marlène Léon and will be displayed at Whisky Live Paris at the Grande Halle de La Villette from September 28 to 30.
A single cask (#2961) Karuizawa distilled in 1984 and bottled in 2012 by Number One Drinks. An exclusive bottling of 12 vintage 1984 decanters, produced in 2012 for a private dinner attended by twelve guests. This event marked the agreement to buy back Karuizawa’s stock, with the oldest vintages being divided among four international players: Hua Yang (Taïwan), The Whisky Exchange (United Kingdom), La Maison du Whisky (France) and Number One Drinks (NOD, Japan). This version, along with the 1960 vintage (only 41 units worldwide), is the rarest ever produced by NOD Company. The rest of the cask was bottled under a different label. To date, only one of these bottlings has been presented at auction. This one comes directly from one of the dinner participants. Limited edition of 12 bottles.

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: 1984
  • Bottler: Of.
  • Appellation: Single Malt Whisky
  • Country/Region: Japan Honshu - Nagano
  • Alcohol percentage: 57.70 %
  • Volume: 0.70L
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • State: 1 Original box slightly damaged, 1 very slightly marked label
  • Case: Yes
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Color: Brown

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