Shinshu Mars Distillery The Lucky Cat 'Luna' Blended Japanese Whisky (700ml)

A series which has attracted quite a following, with each edition prominently displaying the distillery cats of Mars Shinshu on the labels. The 6th in the series features Luna, the newest feline in the family. It's also one of the darkest coloured in the series to date. Distilled from a blend of malt whisky distilled at Mars Shinshu and grain whisky, aged primarily in ex-bourbon and new oak and finished in Manzanilla and Oloroso sherry casks, it's described as having a nose of shortbread, spun sugar and syrup-soaked raisins with a delicate palate of apricot, bittersweet cocoa, and lingering fig balanced by saline notes imparted by the sherry casks. 990 bottles were released in the US, so expect Australia to have received much less. The total outturn is reported to be around 5200 bottles. 40% Alc./Vol.