Karuizawa Hanshin Tigers Mercian Moore Limited Edition Team Figurine 17 (2003) 36cl

Part of the Karuizawa Limited Edition Nippon Professional Baseball Team. Very hard to find in the west outside of Japan.

Filled with Karuizawa single malt

Karuizawa distillery was established in 1955 in the town of Miyota on the southern slopes of Mount Asama. It began production the following year, producing single malt for the Ocean blends from Daikoku Budoshu. Initially it was difficult for the distillery to obtain malt, but a lift on import restrictions in 1958 meant the distillery was able to experiment with the production of a Speyside-esque product, importing the same golden promise barely used at Macallan, and sherry casks. The subsequent quality of output saw it appearing in Japan as a single malt for the first time in the 1980s. Sadly, the Japanese whisky market was not strong at the time, and Karuizawa was closed in 2001 by owners, Mercian, and eventually dismantled. Its legacy is lives on however, with its still relocated to other distilleries in Japan, but predominantly in the hugely sought-after single cask releases that began to appear in 2007, from independent bottler, Number One Drinks. It is now one of the most prestige single malts on the planet, the reverence for which only grows as the remaining stock continues to thin.

This limited bottling was produced to celebrate the Hanshin Tigers baseball team winning Japan's Central League in 2003.

This is a very rare commodity, which is, like all other Karuizawa bottles, bound to become more valuable as time passes.

There are 12 players to collect in the series.

37.5% ABV

36cl

*DUE END JULY 2024*