Basic Information

 

Brand:          Hakuryu [haku-ryu]

Nickname:     White Dragon

Type:            Ume-shu (Plum-flavored sake), Junmai

Alcohol:          12-13% by volume

 

Bottle size:    500ml            Case pack:    12 bottles

UPC code:      844650005035

 

Producer

 

Name:                   Hakuryu [haku-ryu] Shuzo

Founded:       1839

Owned by:    Shirai Family

Location:      3-7 Okayama-cho, Agano-shi, Niigata 959-2025, JAPAN

Web site:      http://hakuryu-sake.com/

Toji (Sake Master):  Shinji Shirai & Yuzuru Yamakawa

 

Ingredients & technical data

 

Sake:              Junmai sake made with rice polished to 70%

Plum:            “Koshino Ume” plum grown in Niigata.

Sugar:                        Fructose

Water:            Underground water from agano-fukuryuusui

           

SMV:               - 62   Acidity:   13.1          Amino acids: 2.0

 

Other information

 

Serving temp. : Chilled.

Tasting note:              Mellow sweet flavor, well balance with mild acidity. Clean finish.

Food paring: For aperitif or dessert.

 

    This premium ume-shu (plum sake) is made by soaking specially grown “Koshino Ume” plum in junmai sake for four months and adding fructose.