Japanese New Arrivals From Edencroft!

Shinshu Mars / 2018 Komagatake Limited Edition.
£120.00

New Arrivals

Shinshu Mars / 2018 Komagatake Limited Edition.
£120.00
Country: Japanese
Region: Japanese
Age:
Strength: 48%.

Summary:

COUNTRY/REGION: Japan.

CATEGORY: Single Malt.

DISTILLERY: Shinshu Mars.

BOTTLER: Distillery Bottling.

BOTTLING SERIE: Limited Edition.

BOTTLED: 2018

CASK TYPE: Bourbon & American White Oak.

NUMBER OF BOTTLES: 10000

STRENGTH: 48% Vol.

Shinshu Mars / Nature of Shinshu Shinanotanpopo.
£125.00
Country: Japanese
Region: Japanese
Age:
Strength: 52%.

Summary:

COUNTRY/REGION: Japan.

CATEGORY: Single Malt.

DISTILLERY: Shinshu Mars.

BOTTLER: Distillery Bottling.

BOTTLING SERIE: Nature of Shinshu – Shinanotanpopo.

BOTTLED: 2017

CASK TYPE: American White Oak Bourbon Barrels.

NUMBER OF BOTTLES: 11000

STRENGTH: 52% Vol.

Created by the Mars Shinshu distillery in Japan, this expression is a blend of ex-bourbon barrels, virgin white oak barrels and sherry casks, some of which are over 20 years old. Red fruits, mulberry and heady flowers combine with soft spices to create a harmonious blend.

Tomatin / Single Malt Aged 12 Years.
£32.50
Country: Scotland
Region: Highlands
Age:
Strength: 43.0%.

Summary:

COUNTRY/REGION: Scotland/Highland's.

CATEGORY: Single Malt.

DISTILLERY: Tomatin.

BOTTLER: Distillery Bottling.

BOTTLING SERIE: Bourbon & Sherry Casks.

BOTTLED: 2015

STATED AGE: 12 years old.

CASK TYPE: Bourbon Barrels & Sherry Casks.

STRENGTH: 43.0% Vol.

The Tomatin 12 Year Old is smooth and silky, having been matured in traditional Scotch Whisky, ex-Bourbon and ex-Spanish Sherry casks. A rich, fruity aroma is the prelude to sweet flavours of ripe apples, pears and a subtle hint of nut before the long, pleasantly oily finish.

Tomatin / 1975 Warehouse 6 Collection.
£2,400.00
Country: Scotland
Region: Highland
Age:
Strength: 46.5%.

Summary:

COUNTRY/REGION: Scotland/Highland.

CATEGORY: Single Malt.

DISTILLERY: Tomatin.

BOTTLER: Distillery Bottling.

BOTTLING SERIE: Warehouse 6 Collection

VINTAGE: 1975

BOTTLED: 2019

CASK NUMBER: 35834.

NUMBER OF BOTTLES: 300

STRENGTH: 46.5% Vol.

In the heart of the distillery grounds there is a quiet corner. In these sacred surrounds sits the traditional dunnage warehouse. Within, their most treasured casks. These exclusive casks enjoy a magnificent atmosphere, laid low on antique wooden rails above cool earthen floor and stacked single level – unencumbered – so the warehouse men may keep vigil on the gently maturing spirit.

At Tomatin’s very core, Warehouse 6, is a truly special place. Since being distilled on December 8, 1975, the precious spirit inside cask number 35834 has been lying undisturbed in Warehouse 6, gently and slowly maturing in a hand-selected Spanish Oloroso Sherry Butt. The cask’s custodians have been their long-standing distillery men who have been maintaining the warehouses and their exquisite contents over time – indeed over four decades – allowing a well-balanced and elegant spirit to emerge from within.

With patience comes reward. Forty-three years on, the Distillery Manager, Graham Eunson, has declared this spirit ready to be relished. In perfect harmony, tropical and dried fruits, dark chocolate and warm spices balance with the complex background aromas created by decades of slow oxidation in its unique warehouse locale indicating a profound provenance, before a long and elegant finish.

Caol Ila /Â 7 Year Old Bealach Ruadh.
£50.00
Country: Scotland
Region: Islay
Age:
Strength: 58.2%.

Summary:

COUNTRY/REGION: Scotland/Islay.

CATEGORY: Single Malt.

DISTILLERY: Caol Ila.

BOTTLER: Chorlton Whisky.

BOTTLED: 2019

AGE: 7 Year Old.

CASK TYPE: Bourbon Hogshead.

NUMBER OF BOTTLES: 152

STRENGTH: 58.2% Vol.

On the nose this functions as an instant sensory teleportation device: it's pure Islay. Peat smoke, beach sand, salt, and just a hint of something pleasingly medicinal. Arbroath smokies too! Or the Ileach equivalent. There's also an extremely appealing fresh herbal quality to be found: lemon balm, bay leaf and even something a bit pine needle-y. Behind that, and developing more with time, there's a really good hit of sweetness with toffee apples, salted caramel and a little bit of chocolate digestive biscuit.

The palate is remarkably complex for a fairly young whisky. The flavours develop and arrive in waves: smoke, sea salt, more chocolate biscuits, charred lemons, little touches of oranges and tropical fruit. There's a slightly waxy and mineralic side, but also more of that bracingly clean and crisp feeling: like being in a coastal pine forest. The finish is long, with herbs, brown sugar and aromatic smoke.

It's lovely stuff, this, with great poise and personality. A bit of a tonic, really.