Chuko Ryukyu Kusu Awamori
Chuko Description
Like the popular Japanese wine, sake, awamori is made by fermenting rice. However, unlike sake, awamori gets its distinct aroma and complex flavor profile from long-grain Indica rice from Thailand and black koji (malt) mold before it sits and steeps underground in large clay vessels, called kame. In this awamori, dried strawberry, porcini mushroom, licorice root, and faint soy sauce on the nose transition to a silken palate of custard apple, papaya, pineapple, and bell pepper with lingering grain spice and tropical fruit acidity.
