CMONVIN > Japanese whisky Hanyu 2000 Single Cask #5021 ENQUIRY Contact Customer Service ENQUIRY 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. The components of this blended whisky were distilled between 20 and 40 years ago, pre-2000, and aged in single cask #5021 before being bottled in 2021. It was a special release as part of a limited series entitled Three Sacred Objects. This one is the "Gyoku" release, which means "precious stone" in Japanese, and is one of the three sacred objects possessed by the emperors of Japan. This lot also includes a letter from the president of Hanyu distillery, Yasuhisa Nakata. One of 206 bottles. 70cl/60,4%
