{"product_id":"mars-komagatake-2011-sherry-and-white-oak-3-year-old-japanese-single-malt-whisky-2014-70cl","title":"Mars Komagatake 2011 Sherry and White Oak 3 Year Old Japanese Single Malt Whisky (2014) 70cl","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMars Komagatake 2011 Sherry and White Oak 3 Year Old Japanese Single Malt Whisky (2014) 70cl\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMars for a lot of us is a chocolate bar but for Japan, a brand that has beautifully matured whiskies and two distilleries in the middle and south of Japan. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom Mars Shinshu, Japan’s highest whisky distillery, comes this young cask strength single malt, Komagatake 3 Year Old. The distillery was mothballed from 1992 to 2007, and this was distilled in its first year of revival in 2011. The whisky was drawn from a combination of sherry and American white oak casks in 2014, bottled at a cask strength of 57% ABV. Only 5,200 bottles were released.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis 57% whisky has got a lot to recommend about it. Don’t let its tender age deceive you: this three-year-old, aged in bourbon and sherry casks, is a complex malt with a real fire to it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTheir 5 year old single casks taste more like a 18 year old one from Scotland. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"border-b border-gray-300 pb-2 last-of-type:border-none last-of-type:pb-0\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout Mars\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJapan's highest distillery, Shinshu was built by the whisky division of the Hombo Shuzo Co, known as Mars, in 1985. It is located in Miyada, a village in the Nagano Prefecture, and operated for seven years before being mothballed in 1992. Despite being relatively succesful in their native market, Mars had not had the success of its competitors Nikka and Suntory on the global stage, and the struggling Japanese whisky market at the time forced the company's hand. In the subsequent years however, things began to improve, and Shinshu distillery was eventually re-opened in 2011. Mars bottles its single malt under the Komagatake brand, and have also opened a sister distillery called Tsunuki to provide for its popular blends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis whisky has been aged in the stone warehouse of Mars Tsunuki distillery in Kagoshima. It is a vatting of ex-Bourbon cask aged spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1985, Hombo Breweries opened the Mars Shinshu distillery in Miyata village at the foot of the Komagatake Alps in Japan’s Nagano prefecture. Whisky production there takes place only during winter, with the rest of the year spent brewing beer and distilling other spirits. However, with the popularity of whisky enjoying a resurgence in Japan, “winter” now lasts for about six months at the distillery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Due End August 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e57% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55331685433669,"sku":"MARSK3SWO","price":199.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/9495\/8661\/files\/MarsKomagatake2011SherryandWhiteOak3YearOldJapaneseSingleMaltWhisky_2014_70cl1.jpg?v=1754587681","url":"https:\/\/b1yyjg-bk.myshopify.com\/products\/mars-komagatake-2011-sherry-and-white-oak-3-year-old-japanese-single-malt-whisky-2014-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation Old","version":"1.0","type":"link"}