Karuizawa – Origami Crane 18 Year Old (70cl, 61.7%)

This is Origami Crane, a Karuizawa single cask bottled in 2018 by the independent bottler Wealth Solutions. The whisky was distilled between 1999 and 2000, is 18 years old and was bottled at a cask strength of 61.7% in a 70cl bottle. It is one of five releases in the Origami series, which is dedicated to origami artists. Each release is a set of 22 bottles with a different origami figure on it, and this one carries the crane. The heavy glass bottle has gold painting and comes in a wooden box with a booklet.