Hanyu 2000 Five of Diamonds Cask #1305 70cl / 57.7%

This Japanese whisky comes from the now sadly closed Hanyu distillery, which stopped distilling in 2000 and was dismantled in 2004. At the time Ichiro Akuto, the grandson of the founders of Hanyu distillery, decided to purchase the remaining stock and bottle it as the Cards series – a set of limited-edition bottlings, each named after one of the cards in a standard deck.

Hanyu Five of Diamonds was distilled in 2000 and matured first in a hogshead cask and secondly in a sherry butt.

Bottle no. 39 of 652.

This Hanyu 2000 Five of Diamonds sold at our online auction for £1,700