Japanese Sweet potato & yellow koji shochu 72cl

The Nishi Shuzo distillery has been established for more than a century and a half in the hills of Kagoshima, in the far south of Kyushu: its speciality is shochu made from Kogane Sengan sweet potatoes, grown by meticulous local producers.

Nishi Shuzo produces 焼酎 shochu with remarkable taste qualities, very refined, sticking to completely traditional methods: their shochus are now recognised throughout Japan as the benchmark for quality and their success has been exported internationally. 

This Shoshu Tomino Houzan 富乃宝山 (Chance in Japanese) is made from yellow koji (which is also used in the preparation of sake) and sweet potatoes: sophisticated and taut, it is fresh and fruity, with notes of citrus and pear. The nose as well as the palate are reminiscent of a Ginjo sake, the mark of a new generation of Shochu where delicacy takes precedence over rusticity.

You can enjoy it with sashimi, fish in meunière sauce, fish tempura, shabu shabu (Japanese fondue). Perfect on a chestnut-based dessert or in your cocktails with fresh fruit.

This Shochu Tomino Houzan sets the tempo for a whole generation: at home, enjoy it as it is on ice, or by lengthening it with cold or hot water, as the seasons change and as you like!