RegisterChubu · Japan
Karuizawa
Demolished · ceased 2000
Closed 2000, demolished 2016.
- Founded
- 1955
- Owner
- —
- Tasting notes
- —
- Market record
- 199months
At auction
2007-03 — 2024-08
- Latest mean bid
- £2,894
- 2024-08
- Highest bid recorded
- £300,000
- 2020-03
- Lots that month
- 96
- Traded that month
- £277,795
- Months on record
- 199
The band is the spread between the cheapest and dearest bottle sold each month; the line is the mean. The vertical scale is logarithmic — on a linear axis a single £48,000 lot flattens two decades of ordinary trade into the baseline. Figures are in GBP regardless of the auction’s own currency, and count only lots that actually sold. Source: Whisky Hunter.
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Bottlings
No tasting notes yet for Karuizawa. Our review corpus currently runs to 526 bottlings — deep, but far from complete. This distillery is in the register because it exists, not because we have tasted it.
In the catalogue
51 bottlings · £176.00–£19,144
Karuizawa 17 Year Old 1996 SMWS
17 yr
Karuizawa
£19,144
Karuizawa 12 Year Old 2000 SMWS
12 yr
Karuizawa
£18,347
Karuizawa 33 Year Old 1981
33 yr
Karuizawa
£11,168
Karuizawa 28 Year Old 1984
28 yr
Karuizawa
£11,168
Karuizawa 2000 Geisha In Ocean Blue
—
Karuizawa
£9,572
Karuizawa 30 Year Old 1984
30 yr
Karuizawa
£9,572
Karuizawa 1984 Vintage
—
Karuizawa
£9,572
Karuizawa 1981 Vintage
—
Karuizawa
£9,572
Karuizawa 1984 Number One Drinks Single Cask
—
Karuizawa
£5,744
Karuizawa 1984 Number One Drinks Single Cask
—
Karuizawa
£5,744
Karuizawa 30 Year Old Cask #8606
30 yr
Karuizawa
£4,786
Karuizawa 1999 Geisha In Cherry Blossom
—
Karuizawa
£4,786
Karuizawa 1983-2012 | Cask 2656
—
Whisky Online
£4,500
Karuizawa 1981-2012 | Whisky Magazine Exclusive
—
Whisky Online
£3,995
Karuizawa Spirit of Asama 55%
55%
Karuizawa
£3,989
Karuizawa 12 Year Old 2000 SMWS 132.6 (2013)
12 yr
Karuizawa
£3,351
Karuizawa 17 Year Old 1996 SMWS 132.4 (2013)
17 yr
Karuizawa
£3,351
Karuizawa Spirit of Asama 48%
48%
Karuizawa
£1,436
Karuizawa Noh 31 Year Old Cask #155
31 yr
Karuizawa
£1,277
Karuizawa 1984 / 28 Year Old / SMWS 132.1
28 yr · 59.9%
SMWS
£1,200
Karuizawa 1991 / 22 Year Old / SMWS 132.2
22 yr · 62.4%
SMWS
£995.00
Karuizawa 39 Year Old 1972
39 yr
Karuizawa
£958.00
Karuizawa 1984 Single Cask #4021
—
Karuizawa
£958.00
Karuizawa 1984 Single Cask #8497
—
Karuizawa
£958.00
and 27 more
Prices as listed by Abbey Whisky, The Whisky Barrel and whisky-online at the time of ingest — retail asking prices, not what anything sold for. Of these, 12 carry a distillery tag published by the retailer; the rest are matched on the bottling’s own title.