Mars 5 Years Old 2018/2023 Komagatake Bourbon Barrel #3989 New Vibrations LMDW 62% 700ml

Details：

Distillery: The Mars Shinshu Distillery

Bottler: Distillery Bottling

Bottling serie: Komagatake - Shinshu Aging

Vintage: 2018

Bottled: 2023

Stated Age: 5 Years Old

Casktype: Bourbon Barrel

Casknumber: 3989

Number of bottles: 206

Strength: 62% 

Size: 700ml

Tasting notes：

Nose: Delicate, fresh. On the first nose, notes of cut grass, green tea and rice bring to mind a very distinguished sake. Allowed to breathe, mint, lemongrass and jasmine notes fragrance the air. After this, the aroma palette becomes more aniseed and malty.

Palate: Creamy, silky. Revealing flavours of bamboo shoot, cress and rhizome, the attack is deliciously aquatic. The mid-palate is a delicious pretext for tasting courgette flower tempura. Almond milk coats the taste buds.

Finish: Long, serene. The spicy (cardamom, star anise) and herbal (thyme, sage) start of the finish gives its own take on the milky end to the palate, adding pistachio notes. The very well-balanced end of the palate is salty (aster), fresh (chlorophyll) and liquoricey.