Komagatake 2014 Of. Cask n°1789 - bottled 2020 LMDW

  • 61% | 
  • 0.70L

A single cask (#1789) of Mars Komagatake distilled in 2014, aged in a bourbon barrel and bottled in 2020. Distilled and matured in Shinshu in northern Japan, this expression reveals impressive maturity on the nose, showcasing a sweet, syrupy characte…More info

Lot description

  • Distillery: Mars - Shinshu
  • Appellation: Single Malt Whisky
  • Country/Region: Japan , Honshu - Nagano
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • State: 1 Original box slightly damaged

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Lot presentation
Komagatake 2014 Of. Cask n°1789 - bottled 2020 LMDW

Cuvée presentation

A single cask (#1789) of Mars Komagatake distilled in 2014, aged in a bourbon barrel and bottled in 2020. Distilled and matured in Shinshu in northern Japan, this expression reveals impressive maturity on the nose, showcasing a sweet, syrupy character reminiscent of a fine Loupiac wine. On the palate, while the malted barley asserts itself immediately, it does so only as a springboard toward much more distant shores, specifically Kentucky. Once saturated with the rich oak and lactic notes typical of classic bourbon whiskies, it returns to stride through its native barley fields with even greater vigor than before. A limited edition of 192 bottles.

The distillery Mars - Shinshu

Japan, Nagano. Distillery operational. Owner: Hombo Shuzo Co. Ltd.

Founded in 1985, Mars-Shinshu had been a distillery in-the-making since 1918. Its history has something of the “back to the future” about it. In 1918, Kijiro Iwai, director of Settsu Shozu, sent Masataka Taketsuru to Scotland to learn the basics of distillation. On his return in 1920, he found his employer at the head of a company that had gone adrift. Settsu Shozu was unable to follow through on its plans for a new distillery and in the end it was Shinjiro Torii (Suntory) that benefited from Taketsuru's experience first, using it to found the Yamazaki distillery. In 1960, Kijiro Iwai's son-in-law, then director of the Hombo company, decided to take up the challenge. Drawing on the experience of his father-in-law and Taketsuru's notes, he began distilling a robust, smoky malt at one of his wine and brandy production units in Yamanashi. Quite unsuited to the tastes of Japanese consumers at the time who were accustomed to more subtle flavours, it was a commercial failure. In 1978, however, he made a second attempt at the Kagoshima site, before finally deciding to open Mars-Shinshu in 1985. Caught up in the upheaval of a crisis in whisky consumption in Japan, the distillery ceased production in 1992. In 2011, following major restoration work, Mars-Shinshu then opened once again, this time for the long run.

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Detailed characteristics

  • Distillery: Mars - Shinshu
  • Vintage: 2014
  • Bottler: Of.
  • Appellation: Single Malt Whisky
  • Country/Region: Japan , Honshu - Nagano
  • Alcohol percentage: 61 %
  • Volume: 0.70L
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • State: 1 Original box slightly damaged
  • Case: Yes
  • Origin: Trade
  • Recoverable VAT: Yes
  • Color: Brown

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