- Nose: 24 Palate: 23 Finish: 23 Balance: 23 Total: 93
- Nose: A blast of vanilla
- Palate: Caramel and gentle peat
- Finish: Long - toasted marshmallows
- Balance: Well balanced and smooth. Pretty astounding for high ABV and short maturation.
- Type: Single Malt
- Age: 4
- ABV: 60%
- Distiller: MARS Shinshu
- Where made: Miyada, Nagano Prefecture, JAPAN
- Region: Japan
- Approximate Price: $95
- Value: BEST
Tasted and purchased this wonderful whisky in Nov 2018 at the MARS Shinshu Distillery in Miyada, Japan (gorgeous location in the Japanese Alps at 800m - the highest-elevation distillery in Japan) A truly amazing whisky for only 4 years in the cask! This is bottle # 513 out of 560 from Cask # 1870, distilled Apr 2014 and bottled Aug 2018.