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Name
The Karuisawa: The Fifty Elements
Contract Address
Token ID
37
Token Standard
ERC-721
Description
Whiskies from the lost Karuizawa distillery are incredibly rare – to find one is good fortune, but to find two legendary releases combined is unheard of until now.
Karuizawa Aged 50 Years Marriage 1965 & 1972 is a combination of whisky from those two years, each aged for 50 years. The 1965-vintage spirit is from a small amount of whisky reserved after the bottling of Elixir Distillers’ previous 50-year-old Karuizawa, which surprised connoisseurs with its well-balanced combination of the traditional rich, dark and fruity Karuizawa with a waxy tropical fruit character. It was kept in glass until a suitable companion could be found.
The 1972-vintage whisky is from a red-wine cask that Elixir Distillers have been nurturing for years. First tried at a tasting at The Whisky Exchange in 2012, it wowed the audience, and was earmarked for an interesting project in the future.
The cask had seen much evaporation, and to slow down that process, it was recoopered to be smaller and then refilled with its contents, allowing it to mature in a controlled fashion for a further 10 years. After painstaking trials to choose the right mix of the two casks, a ratio of 80% 1965 and 20% 1972 was selected to give the right balance of dark, rich fruit and a lighter, more tropical character. The whiskies were combined and then left in glass to marry for a further two years before bottling. Each of the 50 whiskies is housed in a unique bottle, with a design featuring a Japanese princess and a backdrop of Mount Asama, the volcano that towers over the former site of Karuizawa distillery. Each design is repeated on both the bottle’s box and the book included with each, detailing the philosophy behind the whisky and its creation. An animated version of the design is also available for the owner of the bottle to download.
Properties
Distillery
Karuizawa
Category
Single Malt Japanese Whisky
Age At Bottling
50 Years Old
Country
Japan
Strength
54.8%
Initial Price
€44,000 ex VAT
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