Watanabe Distillery Kuro-koji Asahi-mannen Shochu 25% 10,000 Years (special Order 1 Week)
| Description: | Full and rich in body, yet elegant and deeply fragrant aftertaste are created by kuro (black) koji. This is another signature brand of which the richness is reputed among customers as rare in Miyazaki Prefecture from which most shochus are of the easy-to-drink nature. Ingredients: sweet potatoes (Kogane Sengan variety produced in Miyazaki Prefecture) / rice koji (black koji) : domestically-produced rice. This terroir shochu is produced in the town of Tano, a part of the city of Miyazaki. The 4th generation of shochu distillers crafts the distillate according to tradition, using sweet potatoes from their own farms. Situated in Miyazaki City, Japan, the Watanabe distillery produces shochu, the traditional Japanese distillate that is usually distilled from rice, barley, sweet potato, or a number of other ingredients. Established in 1914, the family business has more than a century of tradition and experience behind them, going back 4 generations. The distillery was founded by Sugaichi Watanabe. After working in the forestry business in the US, he returned home to Japan, found a distillery for sale, and decided to switch professions. The original distillery burnt down in 1919 but was rebuilt soon after. Today, the distillery is run by brothers Koichiro and Junya Watanabe. They use ingredients from the Miyazaki Prefecture, including sweet potatoes from their family farms. The distillery lies in the agricultural town of Tano, a part of the city of Miyazaki, on Kyushu island, where the warm climate benefits the production of shochu. Pristine mountain water is drawn from beneath the distillery and white and black Kawauchi Genichiro Shoten koji yeast is used to ferment the sweet potatoes. Freshly harvested sweet potatoes are steamed before letting the koji yeast, as well as naturally occurring yeast, do their magic. In an age when modern vacuum distillation is prevalent, the distillery sticks with atmospheric distillation, as dictated by tradition. This results in a richer, deeper shochu with more character. Kuro-Koji Asahi-Mannen is produced this way, making for a full-bodied and fragrant 50-proof expression where kuro (black) koji plays a large role in forming its complex flavor profile. Watanabe Distillery is a shochu distillery in Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture where only skilled workers perform all the steps of creating shochu from cultivating the sweet potatoes which are the raw ingredient to distilling and bottling. "Mannen" means 10,000 years in Japanese. There is an old Japanese proverb: Cranes live for 1,000 years, turtles live for 10,000 years. The name was chosen to share and celebrate the reputed long lives of cranes and turtles. Grab a bottle of this traditional shochu today! |
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| Price: | $ 27.99 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from Hi-Time Wine Cellars
| Address: |
250 Ogle Street Costa Mesa, CA 92627 United States |
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| Telephone (toll-free): | 800-331-3005 |
| Telephone (regular): | 949-650-8463 |
| Fax: | 949-631-6863 |
First added to 1000 Corks on October 24, 2024.
