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Samurai No Mon Mizunara Cask Shochu - Ginza Berlin
Samurai No Mon Mizunara Cask Shochu - Ginza Berlin
Samurai No Mon Mizunara Cask Shochu - Ginza Berlin
Samurai No Mon Mizunara Cask Shochu - Ginza Berlin

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Ookubo Shuzo

Samurai No Mon Mizunara Cask Shochu

Special price €79,99

Price per liter€111.10 per  l

incl. VAT.

plus shipping (will be charged at checkout)

Content: 0,72l / Alcohol: 25%

Delivery time: 2-4 working days

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Samurai No Mon Mizunara Cask Shochu is an exceptional, barrel-aged sweet potato shochu from Ookubo Shuzo. For this strictly limited edition, Samurai No Mon Shochu aged for 12 years is stored for an additional five years in barrels made from Japanese mizunara oak. Mizunara oak barrels are among the most sought-after barrels in the spirits industry. It takes at least 200 years for this native Japanese oak species to mature before it can be crafted into barrels. Spirits aged in Mizunara barrels have a unique flavor profile. The barrels impart notes of sandalwood, cedar, and honey, as well as an exceptionally fruity character. For many decades, Mizunara has been the “secret weapon” of Japanese whiskies, which are often aged in these barrels. And here, too, with Samurai No Mon Shochu, Mizunara aging ensures a truly special tasting experience.

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The long aging process gives Samurai No Mon Shochu a rich, full-bodied, and smooth flavor profile with sweet, woody notes and an elegant, clean finish. The Mizunara oak contributes its own unique aroma, reminiscent of sandalwood, cedar, and other fine aromatic and smoking woods. Despite its exceptionally long aging period, the Samurai No Mon Mizunara Oak retains the characteristic flavor of its base spirit: powerful, deep, and complex with subtle earthy notes. The Samurai No Mon Mizunara Oak is based on the exceptional Samurai No Mon Shochu from Ookubo Shuzo. Produced using black koji and atmospheric distillation, it is a powerful Imo Shochu with pronounced umami, complexity, and great aromatic depth.
Samurai No Mon Mizunara Oak is best enjoyed neat or on the rocks. When enjoyed neat, the extraordinary combination of Imo Shochu, long aging, and Japanese Mizunara oak comes through particularly well.
Barrel-aged sweet potato shochu (in Mizunara barrels)
Japanese spirit
Net volume: 720 ml
Alc.: 25% vol
Sale restricted to adults only
Importer: Ginza Berlin GmbH, Pfalzburger Straße 20, 10719 Berlin

About the manufacturer

Ookubo Shuzo was founded in 1893 as Kubo Jozo and has been trading under its current name since 1990. The company has also had its own sweet potato production since this time. Ookubo Shuzo is known throughout the country for the good quality of its imos. The distillery also supplies this extremely popular shochu raw material to many other shochu producers in Japan. The company is based in the town of Shibushi, Kagoshima Prefecture, on the Osumi Peninsula at the southern tip of Kyushu Island. Here, Mount Kirishima, a volcano 1,700 meters high, provides excellent conditions for growing high-quality sweet potatoes with its ash. Almost all Imo Shochus are produced in Kagoshima Prefecture. Ookubo Shuzo is a small business, with just 12 people taking care of everything from growing, harvesting and processing the imo to producing the shochu. All work steps are carried out by hand - you can't get more craft than that! A special feature is the revival of the cultivation of a traditional rice variety that was only cultivated until the Meiji era (1868). For 160 years, this rice variety was almost forgotten in Japan until Ookubo Shuzo began to cultivate it again in her fields to use it for some of her shochus, including Samurai No Mon.