Karuizawa - 29 Year Old Murasaki Geisha (Cask #8518)

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  • Distillery Status
    closed
  • Type
    Single Malt Whisky
  • Bottles Produced
    60
  • Size
    70cl
  • Delivery Weight
    2.00
  • Strength
    58.6
Japan

About the distillery

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. It was owned by Mercian Corporation and was the smallest in Japan. It was mothballed in 2000, and closed in 2011; the land on which it had stood was sold in 2012.

Other Information

This 29 year old Murasaki Geisha is a sensational whisky from the Karuizawa distillery which stopped production some time ago.  The Murasaki – aka Imperial Purple for non-Japanese speakers is an extremely limited release of only 60 bottles, The Whisky Show 2018 saw 1 of those poured so now we are down to only 59 bottles in the whole world......A stunning addition to any collection.

This is bottle number 29.

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Insurance against breakage or loss during transit is available at checkout at a cost of 3.5% of the hammer price.

 

Due to the various ages of bottles and their seals, condition of liquid is at the buyer's discretion and no claim can be lodged against leakage in transit.

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Bid History

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Date / Time Bid Amount
25/11/18 19:15 £15,600.00 €18,188.04 $19,673.16 ¥2,974,200.84 A$30,193.80 S$26,529.36 HK$153,903.36
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