Miyoshino Jōzō ‘Tarumaru’ Sake

Jonge en frisse sake, gerijpt op de fameuze cederhouten vaten uit in het dorp Yoshino, waar ook de brouwerij gevestigd is. De extreem elegante en verkwikkende stijl die de signatuur van Miyoshino Jōzō vormt, is hier prachtig in balans met de complexe aroma’s van het cederhout. 15% alcohol, liefst koud drinken.

• Young and pure sake, briefly matured in a wooden cask. The brewery is located in Yoshino, the mountain village known as the best producer of cedar-wood casks. In the pre-modern period top- quality Sugino cedar casks were developed to transport sake by ship from the production centres of West Japan to the consumption centre of Edo (now Tokyo).
• Miyoshino Jōzō is an extremely small-scale family brewery, which re-started at the present location in 1912. At the moment the brewery is pretty much a one-man enterprise, run by the young brewer Hashimoto Teruaki, enabling him to do whatever he feels like. This has resulted in various one-tank-only experiments, which have put this small brewery in the spotlight of sake lovers interest.
• Almost without exception the Hanatomoe sake brands are pure, unpasteurised, unfiltered and undiluted, and most are made with natural yeast. The brewery is located in the village of Yoshino, Japan’s most famous cherry-blossom viewing spot, but also well-known for Yoshino cedar wood, used by most breweries for making cask-sake.