Prefecture: Miyazaki
Ingredients: Sweet potato (imo), koji, water
Style: Honkaku imo shochu (sweet potato), undiluted genshu (900ml)
Food pairings: Kurobuta pork, braised pork belly, grilled chicken thigh, roasted sweet potato
Taste: Elegant, fragrant, gently sweet, light
Alc.: 38%
This is the undiluted genshu of Akashi Shuzo's Naina, produced as a small spring release. A delicate, elegant sweet potato aroma rises gently from the glass, followed by the refreshing sweetness of rice. The balance is excellent: the spirit has real depth, yet finishes lightly for its strength. The distillery recommends drinking it neat to enjoy the original spirit as it is; on the rocks, it opens slowly to reveal the sweetness of the potato and the richness of the rice.
About the distillery
Akashi Shuzo was founded in 1891 in Ebino, in the highlands of southern Miyazaki, and makes only honkaku shochu. Its brewing water is the clear subsoil flow beneath the old-growth forest of the Ebino Plateau. Alongside its flagship imo shochu Meigetsu, the Rokkannon and Naina lines are the distillery's more characterful expressions.
上品な香りに深みのある味わいながら軽快な味わいの限定の原酒です。
本商品は、この「ないな」の原酒です。今春の生産本数が僅か千本程度という限定商品です。 繊細で芳ばしい上品な芋の香りがほんのり立ち、米のすっきりした甘さがあとを追いかけてくる。そのバランスが素晴らしく、原酒の深みを感じながら飲み口は軽快に仕上がっています。オススメの飲み方は、原酒そのものを味わう「生」(ストレート)！芋の甘味と米の華やかさをゆっくり味わえるオンザロック！是非お試し下さい。
酒度：N/A、原料米：国産米、精米歩合：60％
