Karuizawa 1981 Noh Cask #4676 Sherry

Noh Karuizawa 32 Year Old 1977 Cask 4592

This is an amazing gem, hard to find (only 190 bottles). It’s not very often I get a chance to try this hard to get, expensive whisky. I got this from Master of Malt sample series, a great way to try really amazing whiskies for a nice price. The ABV his amazing, but still calm when nosing. I’m impressed that it doesn’t burn your nose away. Lots of...

Score 93/100

Karuizawa Noh Multi-Vintage #1

This incredibly generous sample was provided by Johanne McInnis ("Whiskylassie"). This Karuizawa (selected by La Maison du Whisky) is cask strength but comes from a mix of sherry butts and bourbon casks. Distilled in 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984, the cask numbers are 6405, 4973, 8184 and 6437, and was bottled in October 2011. A bottle of...

Score 95/100

Karuizawa 1999 Noh 13 Year K&L Exclusive, cask #869

To celebrate receiving my order of the first casks of Karuizawa sold in the US courtesy of K&L in California, I cracked open my bottle of the 1999/2013 13 Year Old Noh series. I really enjoyed it last night, and thought about it during the day, but wanted to have another session with it before scoring the notes. I stopped taking notes mid-way...

Score 94/100

Karuizawa 1981 30 Year Old, cask #7924

Karuizawa distillery was established in 1955 by the Mercian Wine Company. Mercian owned a former vineyard and decided to convert this into a small traditional distillery. Apparently the location at Karuizawa was chosen due to offering the closest climatic conditions to the Highlands of Scotland, even though the summers are much hotter and the...

Score 83/100