Mars Tsunuki 4 Year Old 2016 Single 2nd Fill Bourbon Single Cask #5114 Single Malt Japanese Whisky LMDW Exclusive (2020) 70cl

Mars Tsunuki 4 Year Old 2016 Single 2nd Fill Bourbon Single Cask #5114 Single Malt Japanese Whisky LMDW Exclusive (2020) 70cl

1 of 204 bottles produced

Located in Kagoshima, a prefecture on the southern tip of the Japanese island of Kyushu, the Tsunuki distillery began distilling on October 27, 2016, and the first new make left its stills on October 28, 2016. This Mars 2016 Tsunuki was distilled on December 19, 2016, and aged in a second-fill bourbon barrel. This version, bursting with fresh fruit and overwhelming with herbaceous freshness, transports us for a moment to the Scottish Lowlands.

About Mars Tsunuki

In short, Tsunuki is the tougher older brother of Komagatake.

Mars Whisky is the whisky-producing subsidiary of Hombo Shuzo, a renowned shochu producer in Japan. Founded by Kiichiro Iwai, the company opened its first distillery, Shinshu, in 1985. Iwai is famed for being the man responsible for dispatching Masataka Taketsuru to Scotland, and it is no coincidence that the Shinshu stills are similar to those at Longmorn, also replicated by Taketsuru at his Yoichi distillery. Shinshu was closed in 1992 due to lack of demand, but the fortunes of Japanese whisky soon turned, and Mars Whisky re-opened it again in 2011, and established second distillery called Tsunuki in 2016. Nowadays it is one of the major players in the Japanese whisky market, bottling a number of sought after blends, as well as their single malt brand, Komagatake.

60% ABV

70cl