Karuizawa 1981 Geisha Label
| Category | JAPANESE |
| Distillery | Karuizawa |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | Geisha Label |
| Vintage | 1981 |
| Bottled Year | 2016 |
| Age | 35년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry Cask |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 57.2% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Karuizawa |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 흔들면 1981년 빈티지 카루이자와의 거의 검은 마호가니가 잔 벽을 따라 묵직하게 흐른다. 코끝에 가져가면 35년의 셰리 캐스크가 길어낸 향나무, 묵은 가죽, 검정 자두 잼의 향이 함께 솟아오른다. 한 모금을 머금으면 57.2도의 알코올이 다크초콜릿과 무화과 잼을 입천장에 두껍게 펼친다. 삼키면 옅은 정향과 약쑥 같은 허브가 길게 따라오며 사라진 일본 증류소의 전설적인 결이 또렷이 깃든다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
amber
air Nose
dominated at first by milk chocolate and a certain well-known hazelnut spread of Italian origin that we shall tactfully avoid naming. Beneath that, a composite chorus of cooked ham, new rubber, lemon marmalade, grapeseed oil, leeks and black truffle. A faint sulphurous thread too, but one that seems rooted in the distillate rather than the wood. With water: not a world of change, though there’s a bit of mutton suet, ski wax and paraffin lamp oil sneaking in
restaurant Palate
again that fatty texture, paraffinic and slightly sulphury, in a style reminiscent of some of the great distilleries from Scotland’s west coast—Ben Nevis, Springbank—rather glorious, actually. Saline edges, a touch of hydrocarbon, grapefruit... With water: personality in spades, with an incoming tide of maritime notes, somewhere between oysters and whelks
timer Finish
long, oily, and perfectly poised between rich salinity and perky citrus, which lifts the whole and adds a sense of cheerful dynamism