Basic Information

 

Brand:            Hakuryu [haku-ryu]

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

Alcohol:          12.5% by volume

Bottle size:      500ml              Case pack:     12 bottles

UPC code:      844650005035

 

Producer

 

Name:             Hakuryu [haku-ryu] Shuzo

Founded by:  Shirai Family in 1839

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

Web site:        www.niigatasake.com

 

Toji (Master Brewer):  Shinji Shirai

                        Shinji-san, the 6th generation of the owner family,

has been making sake for three decades.

 

Ingredients & technical data

 

Sake:               Junmai sake made with rice polished to 70%

Plum:              gKoshino Umeh premium plum grown in Niigata.

Sugar:             Fructose

Water:            Underground water from Agano-fukuryuusui

No sulfites, no preservatives.

 

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 (ume means Japanese apricot/plum.) is made by soaking specially grown gKoshino Umeh plum/apricot in junmai sake for four months.