Shochu Asagiri No Hana

Name: Shochu Asagiri No Hana
Brand: TAKATA SHUZO
SKU: NISTKT3
Price: 31.10 EUR
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

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€31.10

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€43.19 / L

The Takata distillery favors quality to quantity, producing a shochu in the most natural way possible looking at both the more 100 years of history of the distillery and the 100 years to come.

Using as the main ingredient, local rice grown in the Hitoyoshi Kuma region by the distillery itself for a game, Takata has a heart to make Kuma Shochu with local resources and secular methods.

The key to the success of Takata Shuzojo is the superb eyelet yeast (Dianthus superbus).

Professor Hisayasu Nakata of Tokyo's University of Agriculture was the first to succeed in isolating yeast from wild flowers. The future fifth generation of Takata belonged to the same research laboratory, which led to the use of the new yeast in the shochu of his family.

The yeast was intended for use in the saké, but the control of temperature, moisture and interactions with domestic yeasts was difficult, and the final product was ready only in 2003. It was put on sale as ASAGIRI No Hana, D After the distillery district.

It has a rich aroma of ginjo and flowers and has a taste of fresh saké. "Asagiri No Hana" is a shochu geographical identity Kuma made with the yeast of flowers of Dianthus (superb eyelet). The floral language of the eyelet is "always love, pure love". The nose is floral, but not too powerful, with sweet rice, pear and melon, slightly sweet and warming up.

The slight fragrance of flowers creates a feeling of freshness. The aroma is rich, beautiful, the pleasant sweetness of the mouth is extremely rich and balanced, soft, with fresh accents, fruity, floral. The texture is unctuous. •

To taste with ice cubes or sparkling water • Coupe with spring water (3/5 shochu, 2/5 water)

Gold Medal 2025. Kura Master is an annual competition that highlights Japanese alcohols. The jury is composed of French professionals of gastronomy.
Its objective is to value these drinks by associating them with Western cuisine, including French.

Data sheet

Origin: Kumamoto, Japan
Capacity: 720 ml net
Weight: 684 g net
Packaging: Glass bottle
Ingredients: Kumamoto hinohikari rice, malted rice (Yamadanishiki from Fukuoka)
Volume of pure alcohol: 25%
Appearance: crystalline
Service: whisky glass or shochu cup
Category: Honkaku (honkaku, also known as authentic shochu, is distilled only once and offers very rich aromas and taste notes)
Our tip: neat on ice or cut with spring water or warm to 35°C 40°C
Ferments: white koji, Nadeshiko yeast (superb carnation Dianthus Superbus)
Distillation: vacuum distillation for light, subtle flavors
Maturation: enamel tank
Type: short maturation (6 months)

TAKATA SHUZO

Madame TAKATA:

"We've been making shochu for over 100 years and have never stopped challenging ourselves, while preserving traditions and meticulous techniques of Kuma Shochu's distillation methods.

Making it as natural as possible. This is the basis of our shochu production. For rice we use as raw material, we mainly use hinohikari produced in our local Hitoyoshi Kuma district, but we also use low-pesticide rice from plantations using ducks and Yamada-Nishiki rice that we grow ourselves.

In addition to high-quality groundwater, we also use crystal-clear water that gushes from rocks almost 1,000 metres above sea level.

All our shochu are made by hand, in traditional koji rooms, stone warehouses and clay vats that have been used for storage since company was founded. We are able to maintain limited production in which we specialize.

Clay vats are made from the region's stable soil and surrounding nature, as well as wind that blows from the mountains into the warehouse. This has enabled us to cultivate a distinctive shochu that can only be produced here.

In addition, we have preserved traditions and taken on new challenges, such as use of floral yeasts, and have been able to produce a distinctive shochu".

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Laurent D.
Published Aug 16, 2024 at 05:42 pm (Order date: Aug 02, 2024)

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Excellent. Very good value for money. To be discovered without delay. (Translated review)