Description
A bottle of Japanese whisky by Hombo Shuzo Co. Ltd, produced & bottled in 2019 at the Shinshu Mars distillery for the T2 Motorcycle Club Taiwan. This first batch of the Biker Journey series was limited to 688 bottles.
Hombo Shuzo (Mars Shinshu)
Mars Shinshu Kura Biker Journey, Mixed Cask, Batch No. 1, 2019, 40%
Catalog product detail, market evidence, tasting notes, reviews, and collection actions.
TypeBlended Whisky
MRI
Average Score
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Overall Rating
78.5/100
Good78.5 / 100
Based on 2 published Maltiply reviews.
- Nose
- Delightful aroma.
- Palate
- The palate is an explosion of flavors and the finish is nice.
- Finish
- Clean,crisp and smooth.
Reviews
wildmintkoi19 Sept78 / 100
The nose is called delightful, and the palate sounds broad, with a clean, crisp, smooth finish. I like the contrast between that expansive palate and the tidy finish: the ending gives the description an easygoing shape. The word “explosion” is less precise than the quieter language around it, so this sounds appealing in outline rather than sharply defined. A gentle-sounding blended whisky.
Nose: Delightful aroma.Palate: An explosion of flavors, Nice finishFinish: Clean, Crisp, Smooth
Bbluehour_notebook9 Sept
79 / 100
There’s a pleasing simplicity to the description here: a delightful aroma, then a palate described as an explosion of flavours, with a clean, crisp, smooth finish. That broad, lively palate language sounds inviting, though it doesn’t tell me which flavours carry it. Smoke intensity isn’t established in these notes, so I wouldn’t call this peated or smoke-forward. The mixed-cask Japanese blend leaves room for curiosity without promising a particular style.
Nose: Delightful aroma.Palate: An explosion of flavors.Finish: Clean, crisp and smooth.
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- Type
- Blended Whisky
- Region
- Nagano Prefecture
- Age
- N.A
- Vintage
- N.A
- Bottled
- 2019
- ABV
- 40%
- Volume
- 72cl
- Distillery
- Hombo Shuzo (Mars Shinshu)
- Origin
- Japan
- Cask type
- Mixed Cask
- Bottling
- Official Bottling
- Peated
- N.A
- Single cask
- No
- Non-chill filtered
- N.A
- Cask origin
- N.A
- Cask no.
- N.A
- Batch
- No. 1
- PPM
- N.A
- Barley
- N.A
- Fermentation
- N.A
- Master distiller (bottling)
- N.A
- Master distiller (distillation)
- N.A
- Limited edition
- Yes
- Bottle count
- 688
- Has box
- Yes
- Closure
- Screw cap
- Presentation
- Box
- Series highlights
- Biker Journey series
- Historical context
- N.A
- Special release
- Exclusive for T2 Motorcycle Club Taiwan
- Allocation
- Taiwan
- Nose
- Delightful aroma.
- Palate
- The palate is an explosion of flavors and the finish is nice.
- Finish
- Clean,crisp and smooth.