Karuizawa - 1999 - 2000 Vintages (Cask Strength 32nd Edition)

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Karuizawa - 1999 - 2000 Vintages (Cask Strength 32nd Edition)

LOT #52535

1775.00

£1,775.00 €2,047.11$2,468.85

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Sold 23/08/2020

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Lot Information

Country: Japan
Distillery status: Closed
Type: Single Malt Whisky
Size: 70cl
Delivery weight: 2.00kg
Strength: 60.9%

Lot Condition Warnings

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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

A limited release cask strength Karuizawa from 1999 - 2000 vintages.

This release is part of the Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji Series.

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