Kiccho Houzan
Kiccho Houzan
Ingredients
Sweet Potato
Koji-Black
Atmospheric Pressure 750ml
ABV 25 Proof 50
Otsu-rui/Single
Competition
International Wine & Spirits Competition 2014 - Silver Award
LA Wine & Spirits Competition - Gold Award
Monde Selection 2013 - Grand Gold Medal
Product
Thanks to that rich, earthy black koji and full pressure distillation, and clay pot (kame) aging, this is a medium bodied sweet potato shochu that manages at the same time not to be overpowering in its aroma. On the nose I find hints of pound cake of all things. The flavor has a nice balance, unlike some of the more wild black koji sweet potato shochus. Nishi Shuzo seems to have made a concerted effort to balance out this spirit. I look forward to a future chat with the toji to understand their philosophy, because this balance pervades their Hozan line-up.
Importer
Mutual Trading Co., Inc
431 Crocker St . Los Angeles, CA 90013
213-626-9458
Distributor
New York Mutual Trading Co., Inc
77 Metro Way, Secaucus, NJ 07094
201-933-9555
Kiccho Houzan
I Kagoshima, Japan
About Nishi Shuzo
Believing that good shochu, like a good harvest, is nothing less than a gift from the earth, Nishi Shuzo only uses potatoes and rice grown by local farmers. Additionally the brewery itself is surrounded by mountains, and thus they are blessed with good water.
4970-17 Yokura, Fukiage-cho, Hioki-shi, Kagoshima, 899-3309 Japan
81-99-296-4627