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.
Karuizawa
38 Year Old (Ruby Geisha) Cask #7582
This 38 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 (#7582) demonstrating the classic character of the lost Japanese distilleries famed whiskies: a careful balance of sweet and savoury notes, run through with dark oak and spice.
With only 223 bottles available, this is the older half of the Ruby Geishas - the penultimate release in the Karuizawa Geisha series.
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RegionJapan
Distillery StatusClosed
Bottles Produced223
Size70cl
Delivery Weight2.0 kg
Strength54.1%
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