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Karuizawa 1981 Single Cask Japanese Whisky Review

Karuizawa 1981 Single Cask Japanese Whisky Review

9 /10
EDITOR
Distillery: Karuizawa (closed 2000, demolished 2016)
Type: Japanese
Age: 30
ABV: Cask strength (varies)
Price: £7500.00

Karuizawa 1981 Single Cask Japanese Whisky Review is a Japanese whisky made by Karuizawa (closed 2000, demolished 2016). ABV: Cask strength (varies). Age: 30. Our expert rating is 9/10.

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Tasting Notes

Nose

Rich oloroso, dark cherry and stewed prune. Polished cedar, dark chocolate, walnut oil and a thread of sandalwood smoke. Orange peel and old leather beneath.

Palate

Dense and brooding — fig jam, treacle, espresso, bitter cacao and dried plum. Waxy antique furniture, clove and a resinous oak grip. Balsamic tang on the mid-palate.

Finish

Endless. Sherry, dark fruit, tobacco leaf and a ghostly wisp of volcanic smoke, slowly unwinding like incense in an empty hall.

Expert Review

9/10

Another ghost in the glass — a 1981 vintage from Mount Asama's silent distillery, a whisky that turns sherry, smoke and time into liquid memory.

Ash Carrington
Ash Carrington Reviews Editor
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