Shirakawa – 1958 Single Malt Japanese Whisky (70cl)

Shirakawa 1958 is a Japanese single malt from the closed Shirakawa distillery in Fukushima prefecture, released through a collaboration between Tomatin Distillery and Takara Shuzo. It is the only official single malt bottling from Shirakawa. The whisky was distilled in 1958 and aged in cask, then moved to ceramic jars at the distillery. When the distillery closed it went into stainless steel tanks at Takara Shuzo's factory in Kyushu. The final remaining parcel was identified in 2019 in Takara Shuzo's Kurokabegura. Shirakawa was built in 1939 by Daikoku Budoshu and bought by Takara Shuzo in 1947. It made malt whisky between 1951 and 1969, most of it used in the King blended whisky brand, and was demolished in 2003.