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Mature, high quality, it is made from carefully selected original sake and matured over time.
It has a full and deep flavor, mellow and thick, rich raw material characteristics, and a perfect balance of spiciness, bitterness, pungency, astringency around an overwhelming sweetness.
Aromas reveal a lot of sweetness, accents of dry grass, hay, mushroom, undergrowth, roasted spices, vanilla.
Mouth feeling is rich, harmonious, slightly spicy, a slight astringency, touches of myrtle, rosemary, genepi.
Characters on the label are the work of calligrapher Kawachi SEPPO, from Hitoyoshi town.
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Data sheet
- Origin
- Kumamoto, Japan
- Weight
- 720 ml net
- Packaging
- Glass bottle
paper case - Ingredients
- rice, malted rice
- Storage
- protected from light and heat
- Volume of pure alcohol
- 40%
- Category
- Honkaku (honkaku, also called authentic shochu, is distilled only once and offers very rich aromas and taste notes)
- Ferments
- white koji
- Distillation
- atmospheric, normal pressure (rich aroma)
- Maturation
- enamelled barrel
- Type
- Koshu (long maturation)
- Recommandation
- EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL IS DANGEROUS FOR YOUR HEALTH. DRINK WITH MODERATION. CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DURING PREGNANCY, EVEN IN SMALL QUANTITY, CAN HAVE SEVERE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE CHILD’S HEALTH. THE SALE OF ALCOHOL IS FORBIDDEN TO MINORS UNDER AGE 18
- Excise category
- S200
ROKUCHOSHI SHUZOThe name, "Kuma Shochu", is a leading international trademark recognized by the World Trade Organization (WTO) as having a geographical indication of place of origin.
Rokuchoshi Shuzo boasts over a century of history (Taisho era, early 1900s).
It is well known for its high quality aged shochu.
In making its rice shochu, it uses products from its rich soil, namely rice grown in the vicinity and groundwater from Kumagawa River.
Rokuchoshi Shuzo was the first distillery to install a Genatsu still, and maintains the same traditional method of making shochu, based on normal pressure distillation and long maturation.
Mr. Ikebe, distillery President, during a trip to the Scottish Highlands, was able to verify that climate in this region (temperature and hygrometry) was similar to that of the region where his distillery is located. After visiting many whisky makers in the Highlands, he understood that he could age his shochu in the same way.
Therefore, he equipped the top floor of his distillery with a special temperature and humidity-controlled room, adding air-conditioning for the hot summer months, to protect the precious casks from mold and rapid deterioration.
Rokuchoshi Shuzo uses only new wooden barrels.
Shochu made by the normal pressure method, or atmospheric pressure, evolves in maturation. It seems that time, long maturation, causes very complex chemical reactions.
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ALCOHOL ABUSE IS DANGEROUS FOR YOUR HEALTH. CONSUME IN MODERATION. CONSUMING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DURING PREGNANCY, EVEN IN SMALL QUANTITIES, CAN HAVE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES FOR THE HEALTH OF THE CHILD.
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