Karuizawa is the gold standard of rare Japanese whisky. Although the distillery closed its doors in 2011, it had not produced whisky for over a decade. This Karuizawa Whisky, aged 12 years, is the Hanshin Tigers Central League Champions 2003 Limited Edition. It was bottled in 2003 for the Hanshin Tigers to celebrate them becoming Champions in the All-Nippon Professional Baseball Central League. This is a very rare commodity, which is, like all other Karuizawa bottles, bound to become more valuable as time passes.