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Asama Number One Drinks Karuizawa 1999 - 2000 bottled 2012

46%

0.7L

Intensity

Quantity: 1 bottleObservation: 1 Marginally marked labelLevel: 1 To 2.5cmOrigin: private individualRecoverable VAT: noRegion: Honshu NaganoAppellation: Asama
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Lot presentation

Asama Number One Drinks Karuizawa 1999 - 2000 bottled 2012

The wine

A Karuizawa from the distillery’’s last two years, 1999 and 2000, matured in European oak sherry casks and bottled in 2012. Other versions at various ABVs exist of Asama, which was named after Mount Asama, a volcano near the distillery.

About the Producer Karuizawa

Japan, Nagano. Distillery closed and dismantled.

Mothballed in the early 2000s, Karuizawa closed definitively in Spring 2012. Located at the foot of one of Japan's most active volcanoes, Mont Asama, Karuizawa began distilling in 1956. Equipped with small direct coal-fired stills, Karuizawa produced a robust, full-bodied malt that took perfectly to long maturation in ex-sherry casks from Spain (first fill) and Scotland (second fill, such as Mortlach). Karuizawa was a malt distilled to produce the Ocean blends of the Daikoku group. Bottlings of single malts were at the time reserved for the distillery's visitor centre and a handful of private clients. These hand-bottled versions were offered as cask strength, single cask vintages. Only what was needed for the bottling was removed from the cask, with the rest left to continue ageing in barrel. This practice explains why the same barrel can exist in various bottlings of different ages and versions. This means that the 1970 cask #6177 exists under two labels, one a 31 Year Old Distillery Edition (2002) and the other a 42 Year Old Vintage Single Cask Edition (2012). It was under the aegis of Number One Drinks, who bought the 300 or so barrels still available at the distillery in 2006, that Karuizawa joined the ranks of legend.

Detailed characteristics

Quantity: 1 bottle

Level: 1 To 2.5cmObservation: 1 Marginally marked label

Origin: private individual

Type of cellar: underground, natural cellar

Recoverable VAT: no

Original wooden case / Original case: yes

French customs seal: yes

Alcohol percentage: 46 %

Region: Japan - Honshu Nagano

Appellation: Asama

Colour: amber

Viticulture: conventional More information....

Intensity: classic

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iDealwine Price Estimate

Asama Number One Drinks Karuizawa 1999 - 2000 bottled 2012

The iDealwine Price Estimate(1) is based on auction results, using the hammer price of lots including the buyer's premium for the sale.
(1)Bottle format
Current auction price estimate(1)
Asama Number One Drinks Karuizawa 1999 - 2000 bottled 2012
2,146
Latest auctions
09/06/2023
:
2,145 60
28/04/2023
:
1,788
17/03/2023
:
2,301
17/03/2023
:
2,242
03/02/2023
:
2,006
09/12/2022
:
2,006
09/12/2022
:
2,183
04/11/2022
:
2,124
04/11/2022
:
2,360
30/09/2022
:
2,832
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