Daruma Masamune 3 Year Old Koshu 180ml

This 3 yo aged sake is highly recommended for anyone wanting to try younger styles of koshu. It is showing already showing considerable development with aromas of vanilla, raisin, light bone broth, almonds and lightly pickled daikon. The palate is sweet, complex with praline, dried apricot and banana, coffee, chocolate and orange peel. Balanced and easy to drink.

Daruma Masamune are held in very high regard in the sake world when it come to rich styles of aged sake. They brew sake that is high in umami, amino acid and sweetness and then age in both bottle and large storage tanks at the ambient temperature of the brewery. The temperature fluctuates from near freezing in winter to about 26 degrees celsius in summer and it’s these special conditions that help create the rich and unctuous style of sake that Daruma is reknowned for.

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