Hanyu 1991 19 Years Red Oak Finish Cask No. 377 The Nectar of the Daily Drams Japan Single Malt Whisky 56.0% Vol - a exclusive and stunning Japanese Single Malt Whisky from the closed Hanyu Distillery!
A rare and exclusive vintage 1991 19 year old Hanyu Japan Single Malt Whisky from The Nectar of Daily Drams single cask edition, distilled in 1991 and after many years of maturation in a hogshead and a finish in northern American red oak with cask no. 377, bottled in limited edition for No. 1 Drinks Company and The Nectar NV in Belgium in the year 2010 without added colouring or chill filtration at cask strength 56.0% vol.
The Hanyu distillery was originally a family business and was founded in 1626 by the Akuto family. They were originally sake producers in the village of Chichibu. Isouji Akuto, the 19th generation of the Akuto family built a plant to produce alcohol in 1941 in the town of Hanyu, northwest of Tokyo. A licence for production was granted in 1946. In 1980, two stills were installed and serious attempts began to produce a Scotch-style whisky. At that time, consumers mainly demanded blended whisky, but this has since shifted more clearly towards malt whisky. In 1990, the first Chichibu whisky was launched by Hanyu, named after the place where sake was originally produced. Ownership changed and the new management decided to get rid of the maturing whiskies and distilling equipment. Fortunately, a sake producer from northern Japan, Sasanokawa Shuzo, decided to save the Hanyu distillery and took over the whiskies and equipment at this critical time. Eventually, Ichro Akuto, grandson of the founder of the Hanyu distillery, founded a new company called Venture Whisky and started producing malt whisky again.
Number One Drinks has specialised in marketing high-quality and exclusive Japanese single and blended malt whiskies, mostly distributing small runs from renowned and well-known distilleries from all over Japan, including the famous Karuizawa distillery. Today, these are particularly sought-after by connoisseurs and collectors and repeatedly achieve new records at the special auctions of Bonhams, Kruger and Christies.
A special piece of Japanese whisky history from the closed Hanyu distillery and exclusive Japan single malt for connoisseurs, the discerning whisky collector and lovers of exceptional and old single malt whiskies!
- Colour: deep gold
- Typ: Single Malt Whisky - Distillery Bottling
- District: Japan
- Vintage: 1991
- Age: 19 years old
- Year bottled: 2010
- Cask Wood Type: Oak Hogshead and Northern American Red Oak Finish
- Cask No.: 377
- Alcohol ABV% 56.0 - Cask Strength
- Bottling Series: Vintage 1991 The Nectar of Daily Drams Limited Single Cask Edition
- Bottle Size 70cl / 700ml
- Label: The Nectar of Daily Drams
- not coloured / not chill filtered
- Packaging without box
- Producer/Importer: Number One Drinks Company Ltd, London NW10 7SU / The Nectar NV, Belgium
- Country of Origin: Japan
- limited, number unknown - very rare collector´s whisky!
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