Karuizawa’s Final Casks to Surface at Christie’s – and They’re Valued at $2.7M

Karuizawa is usually sold by the bottle – but on March 10 Christie’s is auctioning off two entire casks taken from the collection of prolific collector and former co-founder/owner of The Whisky Exchange, Sukhinder Singh. Both casks were filled in 1999, just before the distillery closed. Each one amounts to around 420 bottles and carries a reserve price of £2m ($2.7m).

“I discovered Karuizawa in 2006 when one of my friends bottled some, and it was, at first, quite a shock," recal...