Product Description

A 36-year-old Karuizawa single malt, matured in a single sherry cask for more than three decades before being bottled by Elixir Distillers exclusively for The Whisky Exchange's Karuizawa Geishas series. The bottle features a label designed by our creative director Raj Chavda, paying homage to the exquisite, inaccessible beauty of the meiko on her way to become geisha.

Style

5
Body
4
Richness
0
Smoke
3
Sweetness

Character

Leather
Mint
Leaves
Dark Chocolate
Liquorice root
Pear

Product Facts

Bottler
Elixir Distillers
Series
Karuizawa Geishas
Age
36 Year Old
No of Bottles
105
Country
Japan
Cask Type
Sherry
Cask Number
5077

Karuizawa 36 Year Old Sapphire Geisha

Japanese Single Malt Whisky
Elixir Distillers

70cl / 61.2%

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Tasting Notes

Billy Abbott, The Whisky Exchange
- Nose
  Rich dried fruit, sweet leather and mushroomy earthiness. The sweeter notes lead, with dried cherries and raisins joined by chamois leather, mint imperials and damp autumn leaves. The leafy notes become earthier, with touches of old spirit rancio and dark damp wood developing. Pine builds alongside mint, with cedar not far behind, fragrant and spicy.
- Palate
  A kick of chocolate-covered liquorice leads to spicy leaves, cinnamon heat and concentrated fruit: pineapple, mango, apple and pear compressed to a singularity of flavour. Blackcurrants and damp oak develop, all coated in fruity, bittersweet dark chocolate. Hints of tar emerge, wrapped around pine twigs and run through with spice and brown-sugar sweetness.
- Finish
  Mint and pine linger, with soft dried fruit sweetness and hints of black liquorice.

The Karuizawa Geisha series was created to not only honour Karuizawa Distillery, which closed in 2001 and was later demolished in 2016, but also offer insight into the mysterious world of the geisha. Often thought of as the remnants of a bygone era, the skill, tradition and artistry of geishas is overlooked or ignored, and the iconic labels of the Karuizawa Geishas, created by Elixir Distillers creative director Raj Chavda, showcase different stages of the journey to become a geisha.

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