SKU: 22468
Mars Distillery Iwai Japanese Whisky
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750ml
Save $13.00 (26%)
$36.99
Category | Whiskey |
Brand | Mars Distillery |
Origin | Japan, Nagano |
Alcohol/vol | 40% |
Proof | 80.00 |
Sweet with fruit flavors like pear, quince and hints of red fruits and vanilla. Kiichiro Iwai, the name sake for this Mars Whisky, was a silent pioneer of Japan whisky. This whisky is inspired by great whiskies of America. A majority of corn balanced with light malt aged in ex bourbon barrels. Ideal for daily sipping, in a mint julep or an old fashioned.
Whisky Advocate
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This new, higher proof Iwai (pronounced EE-why) was designed for cocktails; however, its supple and more than capable as a neat sipper too, with pleasing aromas of honey, ripening pear, barley, exotic woods, and citrus. The palate of honey sweetness, sugar cubes, vanilla, pear, apricot, and spice bows out with honey, breakfast cereal, nougat, and white chocolate. Its a delicious and unusual whisky from Japan, less aligned with the countrys scotch-like tradition of malts and blends and more similar to bourbon, being made mostly from corn. Number 19 in the 2020 Top 20