Karuizawa – Hanshin Tigers Central League Champions 2003 With Glass (70cl, 40%)

Karuizawa – Hanshin Tigers Central League Champions 2003 With Glass is a whisky from Karuizawa (Nagano). Bottled at 40% ABV, 70cl. The mountain town of Karuizawa is situated on a high plain at the base of active volcano, Mount Asama, in the heart of Japan’s mainland. In 1956, the wine and spirits giant, Daikoku Budoshu, expanded their already established empire there by building a distillery with the onus of producing a single malt to be utilised in the company’s blends. They christened it ‘Ocean’. 1958 saw a freer importation channel opening up for malt, and barley flowed into Japan from the UK. Karuizawa Factory, as it was then known, worked with Golden Promise barley (also famously used by Macallan), and matured their signature spirit in sherry casks, yet very little actually left the country, which in future would lend hugely to its collectability. “Karuizawa”, launched in 1976, was the first malt whisky produced in Japan. From the malt whiskies used at the time of its initial release, a 31-year-old whisky (from 1969) is included, and the blend is primarily composed of whiskies aged for 12 years or more by successive generations of craftsmen. At the Karuizawa Distillery, craftsmen continue to produce whisky by hand every day. Bottled in celebration of the Hanshin Tigers baseball team winning Japan’s Central League in 2003. Comes with a glass with year printed on. Please note minor wear to label and carton wear Please examine the images of the bottle.