Mars Tsunuki Aging 2017 Single 1st Fill Bourbon Cask #2082 New Vibrations LMDW Exclusive (2023) 70cl

Mars Tsunuki Aging 2017 Single 1st Fill Bourbon Cask #2082 New Vibrations LMDW Exclusive (2023) 70cl

1 of 175 bottles only.

This Japanese peated whisky is the work of Tatsuro Kusano, master distiller at the Tsunuki distillery.

Produced with barley with a phenol level of 20 ppm, this whiskey has aged for 6 years in bourbon barrel No. 2082 on the island of Yakushima.

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.

This Tsunuki was distilled in 2017 and matured in single bourbon barrel #2082 before being bottled in 2023.

60% ABV

70cl