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Mars Shinshu Distillery - Iwai 45 Whiskey (750ml)

Price: $39.99

Quantity in Stock: 5
* Not eligible for case discounts
Producer Mars Shinshu Distillery
Country Japan
Style Whiskey
Sku 37363
Size 750ml

Sandwiched between Japan’s soaring Southern Alps and the towering Central Alps, at just over 2,600 feet, Mars Shinshu is Japan’s highest whisky distillery. The Hombo family have been distilling for more than a century and they added whisky to their repertoire in 1949. Back then the distillery was located inKagoshima Prefecture on the southern most island of Kyushu. Until 1984, it was the southernmost whisky made in Japan, which ended with the Hombo clan moving the distillery to the idyllic alpine setting of Miyada village in southern Nagano Prefecture. They chose this site for its cool temps, which slowed maturation, and the plentiful, soft, granite filtered snowmelt fed aquifers. Smart choice.  The whiskies are elegant, smooth and very complex.

A nose of vanilla and butterscotch with hints of strawberry and stewed apple. Pleasant flavors of milk choclate, quince and toffee lead to a long, lingering sweet finish.

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