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Hanyu 2000 Single Red Oak Cask #358

Lot: 97861

Hanyu 2000 Single Red Oak Cask #358

Winning Bid: £488

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Hanyu
Age: 
N/A
Vintage: 
2000
Region: 
Japan
Bottler: 
Official
Cask Type: 
Red Oak Hogshead
Bottled Strength: 
56.5%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Closed
product Details

Hanyu 2000 Single Red Oak Cask #358

Since its stills were turned off in 2000, Hanyu has become one of Japan's most sought after single malts. An economic recession at the turn of the millennium forced the distillery to shut its doors, and the remaining casks of its unblended whisky stock were purchased by Venture Whisky, a firm established by the Hanyu distillery founder's grandson, Ichiro Akuto, in 2004. In 2005 he bottled his first single casks under the Ichiro's Malt label. He later cemented his legacy with the opening of the acclaimed Chichibu distillery, but his finest achievement will surely always be considered to be the Hanyu 'Card' series. The bottles are a collection of 58 releases, each displaying one of 52 playing cards on the label, two jokers, and a second batch of follow up releases to the original 2005 Ace of Spades, Queen of Hearts, King of Diamonds, and Jack of Clubs bottlings. Each unique in its own right, every one of these have become a true collector's piece and an important moment in the history Japanese whisky.

A very rare single cask Hanyu, distilled in 2000 in what became the distillery's final year of operation, and matured exclusively in a red oak hogshead #358.

Bottled in 2015 and originally sold exclusively at Isetan stores, this bottle is rarely seen at auction.  

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