Mars Komagatake - 5YO, 2018/2023, #3989, Shinshu Aging, by LMDW, 62% (WF89)

Mars Komagatake

Type - Single Malt Whisky
Vintage - 2018
Bottled - 2023
Cask Type - Bourbon Barrel
Cask number - 3989
Age - 5YO
Strength - 62%
Content - 700ml
Number of bottles - 206

WhiskyFun- 89 pts

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Online tasting note for reference-

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.

Overall -
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.