Sold outJun 2024In short · Mars Tsunuki (Japan), 5 years.
“With a well-trodden floor of pine and birch, the dojo had an aroma reminiscent of saunas.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 160.1 is a single cask of Mars Tsunuki, in Japan, 5 years old, bottled at 57.7%, released in the Jun 2024 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 160.x is from Mars Tsunuki.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
The southern twin of Mars Shinshu, Tsunuki stands in Kagoshima on Kyushu, Hombo Shuzo's home turf, where the family has held a distilling licence since 1949; it is Japan's most southerly whisky distillery. Its warm, humid climate is the mirror of Shinshu's alpine chill, and the spirit matures faster and richer: fruity, sweet and full. Hombo's.