Whisky Karuizawa Single Cask 6426- 42 ans 1967
The 1967 Karuizawa Single Cask 6426 is a 42-year-old amber Japanese whisky crafted by Karuizawa. This single malt comes exclusively from sherry cask no. 6426, whose unique identity it expresses after a long maturation. Bottled at 58.4%, it belongs to the series of vintage single cask Karuizawas, focused on the individual expression of a single barrel.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Gift Box
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Amber
- Pays
- Japon
- Région
- Japon
- Producteur / Domaine
- Karuizawa
- Cuvée
- Single Cask 6426
- Millésime
- 1967
Karuizawa
Karuizawa refers here to the former Japanese malt whisky distillery located in Miyota, in Nagano Prefecture, at the foot of Mount Asama. Built in 1955 to produce malt whisky intended primarily for the ‘Ocean’ blends, it ceased all distillation at the end of 2000. Bottlings marketed under this name therefore come from historical stocks distilled prior to this closure.
- Owner
- Karuizawa
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 195
Histoire du domaine
The historic Karuizawa distillery was built in 1955 by Daikoku Budoshu, near Karuizawa in Nagano Prefecture. Its first spirits were produced in 1956 using four copper pot stills. At that time, it produced malt whisky intended primarily for blends under the Ocean brand. In 1962, its owner became part of the Sanraku-Ocean group, a company which subsequently took the name Mercian in 1990. In the 1980s, Mercian also began marketing Karuizawa whisky as a single malt. Faced with a decline in the Japanese whisky market, distillation ceased on 31 December 2000 and the distillery has not resumed operations. Mercian became part of the Kirin Group in 2007. In 2011, the 364 remaining Karuizawa casks were sold to Number One Drinks, which continued to bottle some of these stocks. The site of the former distillery was sold in 2012, and the equipment was dismantled in 2016. A new distillery, Karuizawa Whisky Co., separate from the former Mercian facility, began distilling in Karuizawa in 2022.
Single Cask 6426
Karuizawa single malt distilled in 1967 and bottled in 2009 after 42 years of aging in sherry cask no. 6426. This single cask yielded two distinct editions intended for La Maison du Whisky and The Whisky Exchange. This is neither a vineyard plot nor a geographical indication, but a commercial reference identified by its cask number.
- Origin of the cuvée name
- The name refers to the single cask number 6426, from which the whisky entirely originates.
- Cuvée creation year
- 2009
- Style of the cuvée
- Extremely long-aged Japanese single malt, unblended with other casks and bottled at cask strength, characterized by the strong imprint of sherry cask maturation.
- Position within the range
- Extremely limited collector's bottling, sourced from a single former Karuizawa cask.
Histoire de la cuvée
The contents of cask no. 6426 were bottled in 2009 at 42 years of age. Part was allocated to La Maison du Whisky and the other to The Whisky Exchange to celebrate ten years of its online presence.
