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Nagahama

Nagahama Single Malt The First Batch

Nagahama Distillery · Shiga (Nagahama, Lake Biwa) · JP · Blend of Nagahama Distillery

Age
3 yr
ABV
50%
Size
500 ml
Style
single malt
Release
limited edition
Status
discontinued

Elegant, malty and quietly complex, with sunset-red colour drawn from four cask types.

Scores

Glass Guide
86
/ 100
Collectability
62
/ 100
Investment
54
/ 100
limitedDemand: highrisingCounterfeit: low
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Provenance & authenticity

Distillery
Nagahama Distillery
Founded
2016
Region
Shiga (Nagahama, Lake Biwa) · JP
Bottler
Nagahama
Component distilleries
Nagahama Distillery
Bottled
2022
Outturn
12000 bottles
First released
2022
Natural colourNon chill-filtered

Provenance facts are catalogued from producer literature, official specification sheets, and auction house condition reports. Where a field is unverified it is left blank rather than estimated.

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Flavour

Nose

Ripe apple, cookies and gentle sandalwood.

sandalwood
Palate

Vanilla ice cream, crème brûlée and dried apricot.

caramel
Finish

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Aftertaste — Sweet malt and faint smoke

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Maturation

  1. Stage 1 · primary
    Ex-bourbon barrel
    American oak · bourbon · first-fill
    55%

    Bourbon-cask base

  2. Stage 2 · primary
    First-fill Oloroso sherry butt
    European oak · oloroso sherry · first-fill
    20%
  3. Stage 3 · primary
    Islay quarter cask
    American oak · Islay peated whisky · refill
    15%

    Islay quarter casks lend faint smoke

  4. Stage 4 · primary
    Mizunara oak cask
    Mizunara (Japanese oak) · virgin
    10%

    Mizunara component

Pricing & Availability — Japan
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Market & Auction

Illustrative data
Current MSRP
$110AUD
Avg Retail
$420AUD
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Verified sales on record
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