Mars Tsunuki Peated is a Japanese single malt whisky produced at the Mars Tsunuki distillery, located in Kagoshima Prefecture, in the south of Kyushu Island. Opened in 2016, this distillery is situated in a basin surrounded by mountains and benefits from spring water originating in the Kurata mountain range.
This Peated version is the second bottling from the Tsunuki distillery. It is made primarily from peated malt whiskies distilled during the distillery's first year of production. The different casks are then blended to create this edition, which is matured mainly in bourbon casks .
The distillery benefits from a climate marked by significant temperature variations between seasons, characteristic of the region in which it is located. These particular conditions contribute to the evolution of the whisky during its maturation.
Mars Tsunuki Peated was distilled from 2016, then bottled in 2020 at 50% vol.
With this expression, Mars Whisky highlights the peaty character of its first whiskies produced at Tsunuki, while retaining the unique identity of this distillery in southern Japan.
