Mars Maltage Cosmo Wine Cask Blended Malt Japanese Whisky 越百 750ml

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  • Overview
  • This is a blended malt whisky released by Hombo Shuzo, which also has been further finished in red wine casks. Ruby red color, with the wine cask delivering a fruity and spicy palate along with pleasant lingering tannins on the finish.
Brand Mars
Region Japan
Spirits Type Japanese Whisky
Spirits Style Wine Cask Blended Malt
ABV 43%

Product details

Mars Whisky is the whisky-producing subsidiary of Hombo Shuzo, a renowned shochu producer in Japan. Founded by Kiichiro Iwai, the company opened its first distillery, Shinshu, in 1985. Iwai is famed for being the man responsible for dispatching Masataka Taketsuru to Scotland, and it is no coincidence that the Shinshu stills are similar to those at Longmorn, also replicated by Taketsuru at his Yoichi distillery. Shinshu was closed in 1992 due to lack of demand, but the fortunes of Japanese whisky soon turned, and Mars Whisky re-opened it again in 2011, and established second distillery called Tsunuki in 2016. Nowadays it is one of the major players in the Japanese whisky market, bottling a number of sought after blends, as well as their single malt brand, Komagatake.

This in a 2020 release that has been finished in a wine cask. Imported to the European market via La Maison du Whisky.