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Karuizawa 1983 Noh Single Bourbon Cask 29 Year Old #8552 / LMDW

Lot: 269758

Karuizawa 1983 Noh Single Bourbon Cask 29 Year Old #8552 / LMDW

Winning Bid: £6,600

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Karuizawa
Age: 
29 Year Old
Vintage: 
1983
Region: 
Japan
Bottler: 
Official
Cask Type: 
Bourbon
Bottled Strength: 
54.3%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Closed
product Details

Karuizawa 1983 Noh Single Bourbon Cask 29 Year Old #8552 / LMDW 

Karuizawa distillery was established in 1955 in the town of Miyota on the southern slopes of Mount Asama. It began production the following year, producing single malt for the Ocean blends from Daikoku Budoshu. Initially it was difficult for the distillery to obtain malt, but a lift on import restrictions in 1958 meant the distillery was able to experiment with the production of a Speyside-esque product, importing the same golden promise barely used at Macallan, and sherry casks. The subsequent quality of output saw it appearing in Japan as a single malt for the first time in the 1980s. Sadly, the Japanese whisky market was not strong at the time, and Karuizawa was closed in 2001 by owners, Mercian, and eventually dismantled. Its legacy is lives on however, with its still relocated to other distilleries in Japan, but predominantly in the hugely sought-after single cask releases that began to appear in 2007, from independent bottler, Number One Drinks. It is now one of the most prestige single malts on the planet, the reverence for which only grows as the remaining stock continues to thin.

This whisky was distilled in 1983 and laid to rest in bourbon cask #8552 for 29 years before being bottled in 2013 exclusively for legendary French spirit merchants La Maison du Whisky.

La Maison du Whisky, aka LMDW, was founded in 1956 by Georges Benitah and is now one of the largest whisky and rum importers and distributors in France, and known the world over. They opened their first shop in Paris at the legendary 20 Rue d'Anjou in 1968, importing their first Scotch malt whiskies in the 1970s. They are known for their expertise in not only Scotch, but Japanese whisky and rum too, and their collaborative bottlings, as well as their own independent labels like this one, are highly prized.

One of 130 bottles.

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