Mars Tsunuki 2022 Edition / 50% / 0.7l

In November 2016, Hombo Shuzo, owner of Mars Shinsu Distillery, began distilling at its new facility, Tsunuki, located in Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima Province.

It is a small distillery, equipped with one pair of stills, it can produce 100,000 liters of distillate per year. While Mars Shinsu is the highest distillery in Japan, Tsunuki is located at sea level; there is quite high humidity and significant temperature fluctuations. Tsunuki single malt debuted in April 2020 with the Tsunuki the First edition, which numbered less than 10,000 bottles and was sold out in a flash. The 2022 edition presented here contains whisky aged mainly in bourbon barrels and bottled at 50% abv without chill filtration. This time, 35,800 bottles went on sale.

Nose: slightly smoky and hospital, honey, vanilla, apricots, peaches, raisins, walnuts, milk chocolate, notes of barley malt and pipe tobacco.

Taste : delicate, apples, peaches, nectarines, white currants, maple syrup, vanilla, salted caramel, green tea, notes of ginger and white pepper and a light smoke in the background.

Finish: quite long, slightly smoky, with notes of caramel, vanilla, ripe orchard fruit, lemon peel, white pepper and toasted oak.