Mars Komagatake 2013 Single American White Oak Cask #2503 Chichibu Matsuri 2020 Exclusive Release Japanese Single Malt Whisky (2019) 70cl

Mars Komagatake 2013 Single American White Oak Cask #2503 Chichibu Matsuri 2020 Exclusive Release Japanese Single Malt Whisky (2019) 70cl

1 of 590 bottles released exclusively for the annual whisky festival held in the town of Chichibu in Saitama

If you have not tried a Mars Whisky single cask yet from either Komagatake or Tsunuki, then you are missing out on one of the most majestic Japanese whisky brands. If you read this, and eventually when you do get round to it, you will remember this. 

About Mars

Japan'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.

This whisky has been aged in the stone warehouse of Mars Tsunuki distillery in Kagoshima. It is a vatting of ex-Bourbon cask aged spirit.

In 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.

57% ABV

70cl