Kamiki Intense Wood Whisky
Kamiki is a new expression of premium Japanese style whisky blessed by Omiwa priests from Nara. Nara is the ancient capital of Japan and it holds many temples from Shinto, Tengri and Buddhist religions, which makes Nara «The City of Temples».
Kamiki production is protected by Omiwa Temple priests. Omiwa is one of the oldest extant Shinto shrine in Japan over thousand years old and protecting local alcohol producers ever since. To celebrate the timeless alcohol tradition of the region, rare Japanese malt whiskies and finest malt whiskies sourced from rest of the world are blended and later fused with the highest quality pure spring water.
Nara is covered with dense Yoshino Sugi (Japanese Cedar) forests. Yoshino Sugi is used to build temples, burnt in temples to calm mind and to age local alcohol products. Kamiki uses a unique second maturation technique, while blend is rested for a second time in Yoshino Sugi –Japanese Cedar- casks to capture a perfectly smooth taste, a scent of sandalwood on the nose and a zest of green tea in the finish. This second maturation makes Kamiki; “THE FIRST WHISKY IN THE WORLD WITH JAPANESE CEDAR CASK FINISH”!
Kamiki name is derived from the Miwa Mountain (Mountain of God), which is protected by Omiwa Priests. Inspired by beautiful breezes coming from Miwa, the whisky is named KAMIKI, where KAMI means God and IKI means breath.
Kamiki INTENSE is an exclusive version of Kamiki ORIGINAL whisky has a smooth taste, complex flavor and driven by pure malted barley. There is no age statement on the product. It has been aged in oak barrels minimum of three years and second aged in non-charred local cedar casks longer than Kamiki ORIGINAL for bolder taste lovers
Nose: A perfectly balanced heather honey and sandalwood.
Palate: Sweet caramel, Japanese plum and balanced oak with peat
Finish: Hints of toffee and a long lasting finish with a zest of green tea.
Kamiki INTENSE has got acknowledgements from:
- 2018 “PLATINUM” Award from SIP
- 2018 “DOUBLE GOLD” San Diego Spirits Competition
- 2018 “SILVER” San Francisco Spirits Competition
- 2018 “GOLD” from CIGAR and SPIRITS magazine competition
DAN Junmai Ginjo Muroka Nama Genshu
This unpasteurized, no charcoal filtration and no dilution with water sake has a big flavour of toast, nuts, and spice. Plump tastes like Omachi, smooth taste. Glossy sweetness and rice umami. Good acidity is intertwined with them, tightening the aftertaste. Minerals gives it an elegant complex taste with long lingering finish.
Rice Type: 100% Yamanishiki
Rice Polishing Ratio: 55%
Sake Meter Value: 1.5
Acidity: 1.7
Recommended Serving Temperature: 5°C - 40°C
Recommended Food Pairing: Great with rich, savoury and/or creamy dishes. Duck Confit; Scones; Escargot; Pork Scratchings; Creamed Spinach and Steak
DAN Junmai Daiginjo (Yamadanishiki)
Dassai Junmai Daiginjo 39
Showing a luscious and juicy character with a nectar-like sweetness on the palate, followed by a long bright finale.
Produced by the Asahi Shuzo brewery, Dassai 39 is a premium sake of the Junmai Daiginjo type, which means that the rice used has been polished to more than 50% and no alcohol has been added. As the name suggests, this premium sake has a residual rice grain content of 39% so that only the noblest part of the rice remains, the heart.
The finesse of its aromas is a perfect accompaniment to shellfish, fish in sauce and grilled or steamed vegetables.
Sake or Nihonshu is a Japanese alcoholic beverage with a 14% to 17% volume content, made from a mixture of water, yeast and steamed rice, a small part of which has been previously sown with a microscopic fungus, the koji, to allow better fermentation.
This, is Junmai-Daiginjo.
- Rice Type : 100% Yamadanishiki
- Rice Polishing Ratio : 39%
Tsukiyoshino – Junmai Ginjo-Shu
Recommended serving temperature for this sake with gentle and mellow tasting sake is from room temperature to cold. Due its characteristics, it does not overpower flavour of dishes and is hence suitable for most occasions both as aperitif and pairing with dishes. This sake has mild melon aroma and slight sweetness in taste.
- Rice Type : Miyamanishiki
- Rice Polishing Ratio : 55%
- Sake Meter Value : -8
- Acidity : 1.6
Kokuryu Kansha
This is a limited edition Junmai Daiginjo which uses SAKAHOMARE rice from Fukui. With an aroma of fresh melon, this saké portrays a multi-layered sweetness of rice with an elegant and transparent taste profile. It is stamped with the “gratitude” of seal engraver Mr. Inamura Inamura, and is used as a mark of Junmai Daiginjo brewed with “Sakahomare” sake rice produced in Fukui.
This is the perfect saké to express your gratitude to someone else (or yourself).
Recommended way to drink: 8°C to 10°C
Rice Polishing: 40%
SMV: +4.0
Rice: Sakahomare
Minoki Rum
Inspired by the legend of the ocean princess-dragon, we finished the finest Japanese and Pacific rums in Mizunara – Japanese Oak Casks before filtering through washed ashore and bleached Japanese corals to create a perfectly smooth blend with hints of Japanese tropical fruits on the nose and spiced-vanilla in the finish.
Minoki Rum is
- World’s first Mizunara cask finished Rum
- World’s first Coral Filtered Rum
- World’s first Rum Brand with a cause of coral protection & restoration
Kuroki Honten Kiroku Sweet Potato Shochu
The letters on the label are 7 and 6, and the letters "Kiroku" and "Ki" are written in cursive. Potatoes, malted rice, and yeast are all grown in-house and brewed with the famous water of Mt. Osuzu.
The nose has a gentle sweetness of grain, black tea, and strong, thick aromas. The taste is well-structured and balanced with good concentration and a lingering aromatic and complex flavor. When served with water, the flavor becomes richer, releasing the sweet, slightly roasted characters of the potato. When served with hot water, the flavor softens and becomes more well-balanced and rounded.
To really bring out the mellow, earthy sweetness, serve it with a splash of hot water. If you prefer the clean, high-toned notes of black tea, keep it cool and serve it over ice.
Ingredients: Sweet Potato, Rice Koji
Helios Rum
Thanks to the semi-tropical climate suitable for the cultivation of sugar cane and therefore of rum production, Helios Shuzo -founded in 1961- produces rum using the best locally grown ingredients purchased directly from farmers.
Mr. Tadashi Matsuda is promoting the identity, culture, and knowledge of Okinawa for over 50 years. This is why the company’s main theme is “From Okinawa to The World”!
The Helios Rum is made from sugar cane grown in Okinawa. A mixture of molasses rum (traditional type) and cane juice (agricultural type), it is an extremely aromatic and characterized by the rich aroma and taste of Japanese sugar cane. "Helios rum" has a dry feeling like the shining sun of Okinawa and fruity eminiscent of a warm climate.
Nose: Very exotic characters, with aromas of pineapple and hint of smokinessaging.
Taste: Round and powerful with a touch of sweetness
Finish: White pepper notes on the finish