Mars Komagatake Tsunuki Ageing 2018 Single Malt (70cl, 57%)

This is a peated single malt from Mars, distilled at the Shinshu Distillery and matured at the Tsunuki Ageing Cellar. It was bottled in 2018 at a natural cask strength of 57%, in a 70cl bottle. The whisky spent three years ageing in the humid sub-tropical climate of Kyushu Island in southern Japan. It is described as having fresh apples, summer cherries, toasted coconut, aged tea and vanilla, alongside dried mushrooms and earthy peat.