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.