Mars Tsunuki Aging 2017 Single Sherry Hogshead Single Cask #2122 New Vibrations LMDW Exclusive (2023) 70cl

Mars Tsunuki Aging 2017 Single Sherry Hogshead Single Cask #2122 New Vibrations LMDW Exclusive (2023) 70cl

The Mars Komagatake 6 years is an interesting bottling from the Shinshu distillery in Japan. It is a single malt whisky that was distilled in 2017 and bottled in 2023. With an alcohol content of 57%, this is quite a high-proof whisky.

This bottling is a single cask bottling. This means that the entire contents of this sherry cask with the number 2122 were bottled without the whisky being blended with other casks. In total, only 251 bottles of this whisky are available.

The flagship of the "New Vibrations" series from Mars. Four single casks were bottled, this bottling convinced us the most, we would even share the opinion of Japan experts that this single cask from Mars is one of the best that the distillery has brought to market in recent years. Extremely thick and lush, almost oily. A real sherry bomb, the powerful sweetness is wonderfully captured by the delicate campfire smoke (20 ppm). Prunes with roasted bacon. Storage in the subtropical Yakushima cellar on the southern tip of Japan proved to be a real booster for this whisky, the complexity of which suggests a much greater age.

TASTING NOTES

Nose: A little sweet fruit, delicious, with baked apple. Cinnamon, wood.

Taste: Soft on the palate, with baked apple, cinnamon, delicate wood and light sherry peat. Graphite.

Finish: Long finish with peat, graphite, lots of sherry and pepper.

57% ABV

70cl