Karuizawa 1984 Artifices Serie
| Category | JAPANESE |
| Distillery | Karuizawa |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | Artifices Serie |
| Vintage | 1984 |
| Bottled Year | 2015 |
| Age | 30년 |
| Cask Type | Ex-Sherry Cask |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 57.7% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | #63: Artifices 012 by Warren Khong |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Karuizawa |
#63: Artifices 012 by Warren Khong
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Tasting Notes
엑스 셰리 캐스크에서 30년을 보낸 시간이 가루이자와 1984의 전설적 골격을 단단히 잡아준다. 폐쇄 증류소의 잔영을 57.7도 캐스크 스트렝스에 담은 이 아르티피스 시리즈는 향에서 건자두와 짙은 가죽, 짙은 흑설탕이 두드러진다. 입에서는 다크 초콜릿과 시가 박스, 흑차의 단맛이 입천장을 천천히 덮는다. 색은 짙은 마호가니, 여운은 호두와 가벼운 향신료로 길게 이어진다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
light amber
air Nose
we are flung headlong into the aether, in every conceivable sense—a nose of absolute splendour, staggeringly simple yet possessing a sort of fractal complexity, where each initial aroma—say, ink or fresh oil paint—immediately splinters into a thousand sub-aromas, which themselves multiply into even finer nuances. This, dear reader, is what we call a fractal nose, and here’s as fine an example as you’ll find. With water: and it keeps going—parsley, lovage, sage, borage—one herb leading to another like falling dominoes in an old apothecary. Right
restaurant Palate
we’ve been whisked away to Islay now, where someone’s gone and vatted late 1960s Bowmore with 1970s Ardbeg and a splash of Port Ellen from whichever vintage you fancy. Astonishing freshness and tension wrapped around lemons, coal tar and a breath of sea breeze. With water: what can one say, except that we’re brushing the very edges of perfection, with more than a whisper of that other dearly missed legend, Brora
timer Finish
not terribly long, perhaps, but achingly fresh and uncannily cohesive, as if the whisky had been tuned to perfect pitch