Distiller Notes
This limited edition bottling is a blended malt featuring whisky from Mars Shinshu as well as whiskies from undisclosed Scottish distilleries. The blend has been finished in a Manzanilla sherry cask. This soft whisky has notes of dried peach and praline on the nose, with subtle flavors of maple syrup and dried coconut that linger on the delicate finish.
Sharing a great deal with Scotch in terms of production methods and ingredients, today’s hugely successful commercial market of Japanese Whisky owes much to the research of Masataka Taketsuru. In 1918, this Japanese national travelled to Scotland with the intention of studying organic chemistry but instead became fascinated with Scotch Whisky production. Similar to Scotch Whisky, Japanese Whisky also uses malted barley as the fermentation base and long-term aging in wooden barrels. However, the often-used Mizunara oak, rather than French or American oak, imparts uniquely spicy and citrus-like characteristics to a Japanese Whisky.