Karuizawa - Spirit of Asama Single Malt Japanese Whisky (700ml/ 55%)

A bottle of Karuizawa Spirit of Asama Whisky produced in Japan. This is an exclusive bottling for Speciality Drinks, part of a vatting of 77 casks bottled at 55% ABV in 2012.

This single malt has been crafted from hand-selected European oak sherry casks of whisky distilled in 1999 and 2000, the final vintages of Karuizawa.

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. The remaining whisky stock from the distillery was purchased and re-branded, then released as a series of luxury whiskies. The rarest of these is the 1960 vintage.