Mars 2018 Komagatake Single Cask The Nectar

Mars 2018 Komagatake Single Cask The Nectar is a(n) whisky from Japan by the brand Mars Maltage. It falls within the whisky group under the category Single Malt. It is one of the many references you can currently buy online at Drankenshop Broekmans.

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The Nectar selected this cask for bottling in 2021. Despite the fact that it contained just three-year-old whisky, you already get a special insight here into the quality produced at the Shinshu distillery.

This is a first-fill bourbon barrel, numbered 3723, which was bottled in 2018. It was bottled in 2021 at a strength of 60% ABV. A total of 241 bottles of it were bottled.

This whisky does everything you expect from a whisky aged in a first-fill bourbon barrel: fruit is very present on your first encounter, with a clear floral component. There, the youth of this whisky shows itself in a very pleasant way; the quality of pure spirit is still clearly present without the negative edges you associate with youthful whisky. The cask makes itself felt with a clear presence of American oak influences: vanilla, wood spices, a buttery character. The 60% never disturbs, tasted blind you would rate it lower. This is a whisky that can serve as an advertisement for Japan's young distilleries: a very high quality of base spirit and a meticulous attention to maturation creates a product that will delight any whisky lover.

This whisky is matured in Bourbon Barrel barrels. It is a version of 70 cl and has an alcohol content of 60%.

This whisky is a single cask bottling. What is a single cask? A single cask (single barrel) means that the whisky in the bottle comes from just one cask and was not mixed with another whisky from e.g. another barrel. Because the contents come from a single barrel, the number of bottles depends on the size of the barrel and the evaporation of the product (called the Angel's Share), the number of bottles is limited (and often numbered) and no new bottles of this particular reference are released on the market. That also makes this Mars 2018 Komagatake Single Cask The Nectar single cask a rather unique specimen.

The whisky was bottled at cask strength. What does cask strength mean? A cask strength whisky is not diluted with water before bottling, but goes straight from the cask into the bottle, thus retaining the alcohol content during/after cask maturation. One of the advantages of this cask strength Mars 2018 Komagatake Single Cask The Nectar is that, when drinking it, you can decide how strong you like your whisky by diluting it, or not, yourself with a little water according to your preference, instead of the producer having already done this for you. However, the higher alcohol content can sometimes suppress the subtlety of the whisky.

We have compiled a flavour profile for this Mars 2018 Komagatake Single Cask The Nectar whisky. Of course, taste is very personal, so these parameters mainly serve as a guide to help you figure out what you like so you can discover new things.

Right from the start, you will find quite strong fruity notes in this product. You will pick up these flavours immediately and they will determine your first impression. The floral, and also spicy flavours are quite noticeable, but are not dominant. They help determine the flavour, profile and character of this drink but are less decisive than any strong notes present.

Based on this profile, you can conclude that this whisky has a pronounced, recognisable character.

Finally, we have listed some fun facts and answers to frequently asked questions for you about this Mars 2018 Komagatake Single Cask The Nectar whisky:

- This whisky was distilled on/in 2018. This is the date when the maturation process started in the barrel.
- Mars 2018 Komagatake Single Cask The Nectar was bottled on/in 2021. At that point, the maturation process ended and whisky was bottled.
- This whisky is 3 old.
- The age reflects how long the whisky has aged in the barrel, simply put, the difference between the distillation date and the bottling date. In the case of blends, the age shown is that of the youngest product in the blend.
- There were a total of 241 bottles in this bottling.
- The cask number of this bottling is 3723.