COHO Gokyo Kimoto Junmai Ginjo Kiokezukuri “5 Orange”

Fruity without being juicy, Gokyo chose the color orange well– this sake is soft-textured but with a friendly spike of acidity on the mid palate, and delivers an array of honeysuckle florals and citrus tones. Mandarin segments, lightly bitter orange oil and orange flower 

The Gokyo 5 series are expressions of sake brewed in kioke: that is, traditional large wooden barrels of 1-5000 L capacity, made from sugi (cryptomeria) wood.  Utilized for >100 years in some cases, kioke don’t usually confer wood flavors (as in oak barrels), but do add unique character by hosting a unique microbial population in the pores of the wood & supplying oxygen during the fermentation. By preparing Blue with the ~350 year old kimoto method which utilizes wild bacteria to create acidity, Gokyo’s kioke evolve, and in turn, the “5” series as well.

USD : 22.5