Mars Shinshu Iwai 45 Whisky Five Star varieties to be grown were

varieties to be grown were carefully chosen and limited to those clones best suited to the microclimate

a perfectly balanced

we found this individual barrel to be definitive of what originally drew us to this semi-wild rye and have preserved that richness by bottling this single barrel expression at its natural cask strength

Palate: The palate is a mouth-watering mix of vanilla

Mars Shinshu Iwai 45 Whisky Five Star varieties to be grown wereSandwiched between Japan's soaring Southern Alps and the towering Central Alps and at just over 2,600 feet, Mars Shinshu is Japan's highest whisky distillery. The Hombo family has been distilling shochu for more than a century and added whisky to their repertoire in 1949. Back then, the distillery was located in Kagoshima Prefecture on the southernmost island of Kyushu. In 1984, the Hombo clan moved the distillery to the idyllic alpine setting of