• Prefecture: Nara

• Ingredients: Unshu mandarin purée, brewing alcohol, sugar

• Style: Mandarin liqueur, with pulp

• Food pairings: Cheesecake, dark chocolate, grilled chicken, fresh salads

• Taste: Juicy, sweet, thick, citrusy

• Alc.: 9%

Packed with plenty of fruit pulp, this unshu mandarin liqueur tastes like biting into a fully ripe mikan. The texture is thick and smooth and the flavour rich and juicy. Best on the rocks or lengthened with soda.

About the brewery

Kitaoka Honten is based in Yoshino, Nara, and dates its move into full-time sake brewing to 1868. Its Yatagarasu brand is named after the three-legged crow of Japanese myth that guided the first emperor through the Yoshino mountains, and its liqueurs are built around Yoshino and Nara produce such as shiso, peach, chestnut and jabara citrus.

つぶつぶ果肉がたっぷり入って、まるで完熟みかんを食べているような飲み心地。とろりとした口当たりの濃厚な味わいに仕上げました。ロック、ソーダ割りがおすすめです。