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
Flavor Profile
Tasting 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
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