Basic Information
Brand : Kakurei [kaku-rey]
Type: Ume-shu (Plum flavored sake), Junmai Ginjo.
Alcohol: 9-10% by volume
Bottle size: 720 ml
Case Pack: 12 bottles
UPC Code: 844650000023
Producer
Producer: Aoki [ow-kie] Shuzo
Owned by: Aoki Family
Founded: 1717
Location: 1214 Shiozawa, Minami-Uonuma-shi
Niigata
949-6408, JAPAN
Website: http://kakurei.co.jp
Toji (Sake
Master): Hidehiro Shinbo – Hidehiro-san has been working with sake
for almost 50 years. He has been a
sake master for the last two decades.
Ingredients
Sake: Junmai Ginjo. Miyama-nishiki rice polished to 55%.
Plum: “Koshino Ume” Plum made in
Niigata
Sugar candy: Authentically processed sugar candy
Water: On-site well water from an underground current
originating at Makihata-yama.
Hardness: 3.06. Mid-level soft water.
Other information
Serving temp: Chilled.
Tasting notes: Mellow sweet flavor, well balanced with mild acidity.
Food Pairing: Aperitif or Dessert wine
This premium ume-shu (plum flavored sake) has been made by
soaking locally-grown “Koshino
Ume” plum in the “Kakurei” Junmai
Ginjo sake for three months and adding authentically processed sugar candy.
Only 70 cases will be available in 2007.