Karuizawa - 34 Year Old Ruby Geisha (Cask #3668)

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  • Distillery Status
    closed
  • Type
    Single Malt Whisky
  • Bottles Produced
    247
  • Size
    70cl
  • Delivery Weight
    2.00
  • Strength
    58.5
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 34 year old Ruby Geisha is a sensational whisky from the Karuizawa distillery which stopped production almost 20 years ago.

This exclusive single cask bottle has had a long maturation in a single sherry butt (#3668) giving it a rich and complex character with layers of sherry-oak and spice.

With only 247 bottles available, this is the younger half of the Ruby Geishas - the penultimate release in the Karuizawa Geisha series.

 

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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
02/01/22 18:12 £18,700.00 €22,569.03 $23,881.77 ¥3,594,199.84 A$37,254.14 S$31,990.09 HK$185,778.89
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