By: David Driscoll | K&L Staff Member | Review Date: 3/13/2013 | Send Email This whisky is simply amazing. Think Glendronach or sherry-aged Springbank as a comparison. I have to admit that I wasn't really in tune with the Japanese whiskey market until 2010 when the discussion for these casks actually began. I had no idea how legendary Karuizawa was within the small community that coveted Japanese malts. Two years later, we've finally jumped through all the hoops necessary to get these barrels to the U.S. Rich, supple, complex, chewy, oily, loaded with punch - this is a whisky everyone should try even if you don't know the history. The story about a distillery that will never operate again. The fact that this is the "Pappy Van Winkle" of single malt whisky. I know grown men who will likely cry when they get their bottle. That's pretty cool. If we could buy 10,000 bottles of this whiskey, we would. Unfortunately there will be only 500 lucky people. Destined to be one of the great whiskies we've ever sold. There's no amount of build-up that can do the 99 Karuizawa justice. Just get one and be happy you had the chance. We all are!