Description

Created as part of the Karuizawa Five Decades collection, Saturn combines rare Karuizawa whisky drawn from across the distillery's history.

The collection represents an unprecedented approach to one of Japan's most revered closed distilleries. A private collector spent years assembling an exceptional archive of Karuizawa, bringing together whiskies distilled across five decades. For this project, 210 bottles were opened and their contents carefully assessed before being blended into seven entirely new expressions.

Each expression in the collection is named for one of the seven classical celestial bodies: The Sun, The Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn.

The Meaning of Saturn

In the classical planetary system, Saturn is the outermost and slowest-moving of the seven celestial bodies. It has long been associated with the gradual cycles of the natural world. In Roman mythology, Saturn was the god of agriculture and the harvest, representing the passage from sowing to reaping and the rewards that come with patience.

For Karuizawa Five Decades, Saturn represents the years that define whisky, bringing together the depth and character that can only emerge through long maturation over decades.

Saturn is one of just 30 bottles produced.