Vintage Japanese whiskey sells for $34,000

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Vintage Japanese whiskey sells for $34,000

Bottles of vintage Japanese whiskey were priced at 4.62 million yen $34,000 a day after they went on sale.

The online sale of 70 bottles of single malt whisky produced by Takara Shuzo Co. under its brand Shirakawa 1958 was held on December 1.

The price for a 700 milliliter bottle included tax and delivery expenses.

The single malt whisky was made from the whisky distilled in 1958 at Takara Shuzo's plant in Fukushima Prefecture, making it one of the oldest Japanese single malt whiskies still available.

Since it came with a high price tag, we never expected to reach the limited lot with such speed, said a company official, who said there was no plans for an additional sale.

When the Shirakawa plant closed in 2003, the whisky used in the latest product was moved in storage containers to Takara Shuzo's plant in Miyazaki Prefecture in southern Kyushu.

The company officials were unable to say how long the whiskey was aged in barrels.

Tomatin Distillery Co. of Britain, which belongs to the Takara group, offered 1,500 bottles of Shirakawa 1958 to a first come, first served global market from September. The 70 bottles sold online in Japan came from that lot.