Shochu that goes with blanc vermouth
Wine, liqueur and spirits
These are bottles to mix blanc vermouth into. Some of them taste of it too, and where that is the reason a bottle is here, its line says so.
Dolin blanc. Sweeter and more floral than dry; for the aromatic bottles. Lillet Blanc stands in the same place in a drink, but its maker says plainly that it is a wine aperitif and not a vermouth, because there is no wormwood in it.
Best bottles for blanc vermouth
The strongest matches in the catalogue, across every style. Everything below is the same ranking opened out by what the shochu is made from.
The bottle already smells of vanilla, and this puts more of it in the glass.
rice, vanilla, smooth, sweet
rice, cherry, vanilla, chocolate
rice, vanilla, smooth, fruity
rice, banana, vanilla, chocolate
Blanc vermouth's flowers and vanilla meet floral bottles
rice, vanilla, cask, aged
rice, melon, vanilla, toast
rice, citrus, vanilla, chocolate
rice, cherry, vanilla, caramel
rice, vanilla, funky, creamy texture
rice, citrus, tropical fruit, vanilla
Grouped by what the shochu is made from, because that is the level the reasoning works at: what this does to an imo shochu is a fact about imo shochu rather than about one bottle. Within each style the strongest matches come first, and bottles we pour are marked rather than promoted. The scores are the same engine that recommends a mixer from a bottle, run the other way round, but the labels are not: a bottle page badges at most twelve strong matches and at most three per family, so that the twelve describe that bottle rather than the same citrus and soda every time. Here there is no cap, so a pairing badged strong on this page can read as a good match on the bottle's own.
Awamori
Awamori has enough character to be the base of a cocktail, not the neutral part of one. So an orange liqueur or a mezcal sits beside it instead of covering it.
The bottle already smells of vanilla, and this puts more of it in the glass.
rice, citrus, vanilla, chocolate
rice, cherry, vanilla, caramel
rice, vanilla, funky, creamy texture
rice, citrus, tropical fruit, vanilla
Blanc vermouth's flowers and vanilla meet floral bottles
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Dolin blanc. Sweeter and more floral than dry; for the aromatic bottles. Lillet Blanc stands in the same place in a drink, but its maker says plainly that it is a wine aperitif and not a vermouth, because there is no wormwood in it.
rich, smooth, clean, soft
rich, full-bodied, aged, umami
clean, off-dry, soft, light-bodied
umami, rich, full-bodied, cask
aged, caramel, smooth, spice
rice, clean, smooth, aged
rice, pear, caramel, rich
rice, cask, aged
rice, whisky-like, cask, aged
rice, smooth, savory, aged
rice, smooth, cereal, sweet
rice, umami, clean, light-bodied
rice, bright, aged
rice, clean, bright, aged
rice, citrus, cereal, aged
rice, smooth, rich, sweet
rice, soft, rich, sweet
rice, soft, smooth, rich
rice, smooth, rich, sweet
rice, smooth, aged
rice, soft, rich, sweet
rice, clean, sweet
rice, smooth, sweet
rice, clean, smooth
rice, soft, aged
rice, smooth, rich, sweet
rice, light-bodied, sweet
rice, caramel, chocolate, crisp
rice, sweet, smooth, rich
rice, smooth, soft, aged
rice, soft, clean, aged
rice, sweet, crisp, smooth
rice, roasted grain, aged
rice, smooth, sweet
rice, smooth, sweet
rice, citrus, roasted grain, sweet
rice, smooth, maple, umami
rice, sherry-like, aged
rice, aged
rice, soft, smooth
rice, steamed rice, soft, caramel
rice, earthy, mushroom, rich
rice, sweet, soft, smooth
rice, smooth, sweet, aged
rice, smooth, crisp, aged
rice, smooth, sweet, oily
rice, chocolate, sweet, aged
rice, smooth, sweet, aged
rice, sweet, rich, full-bodied
rice, smooth, soft, clean
Kome shochu
Rice shochu stirred with vermouth is a martini with koji where the juniper was. The strength depends on the bottle, not on the swap. Most shochu is 25 and lands well under a gin martini. The 40 percent bottles land beside one.
The bottle already smells of vanilla, and this puts more of it in the glass.
rice, vanilla, smooth, sweet
rice, vanilla, smooth, fruity
rice, banana, vanilla, chocolate
rice, vanilla, cask, aged
rice, melon, vanilla, toast
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Blanc vermouth's flowers and vanilla meet floral bottles
rice, ginjo-like, floral, aged
rice, citrus, dried fruit, floral
rice, floral, smooth, soft
rice, floral, fruity, smooth
rice, vanilla, caramel, chocolate
rice, aged, cask, smooth
rice, soft, umami, rich
rice, umami, crisp, sweet
rice, rich, aged
rice, soft, rich, aged
rice, smooth, aged
rice, rich, clean, bright
rice, soft, umami, rich
rice, soft, light-bodied, aged
rice, light-bodied, cask
rice, light-bodied, dry, aged
rice, citrus, silky, light-bodied
rice, sweet, clean, smooth
rice, chocolate, sweet
rice, steamed rice, citrus, pineapple
rice, smooth, aged, cask
rice, citrus, apple, pineapple
rice, smooth, crisp, aged
rice, rich, bright
rice, pear, jasmine, light-bodied
rice, cask, aged
rice, smooth, rich
rice, smooth, aged
rice, smooth, light-bodied, sweet
rice, soft, smoky, creamy texture
rice, light-bodied, clean
Imo shochu
Blanc vermouth's flowers and vanilla meet floral bottles
Lychee-scented shochu and blanc vermouth, stirred, is a perfumed martini
The bottle already smells of vanilla, and this puts more of it in the glass.
sweet potato, banana, vanilla, clean
lychee, grape, jasmine, rich
muscat, citrus, floral, sweet potato
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sweet potato, floral, full-bodied
sweet potato, lychee, grape, muscat
sweet potato, lychee, chocolate, bright
sweet potato, vanilla, creamy texture, bright
sweet potato, smooth, sweet, vanilla
sweet potato, tea, vanilla, mushroom
sweet potato, vanilla, toast, spice
Mugi shochu
Blanc vermouth's flowers and vanilla meet floral bottles
The bottle already smells of vanilla, and this puts more of it in the glass.
barley, citrus, melon, banana
barley, vanilla, chocolate, nutty
barley, jasmine, honey, vanilla
barley, vanilla, cask
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barley, vanilla, nutty, toast
Peach and blanc vermouth
barley, banana, white peach, tea
barley, white peach, cherry, soft
Kokuto shochu
The bottle already smells of vanilla, and this puts more of it in the glass.
kokuto, vanilla, spice, cask
kokuto, tropical fruit, vanilla, sweet
kokuto, soft, light-bodied, sweet
Kasutori, chestnut and other bases
The bottle already smells of vanilla, and this puts more of it in the glass.
Blanc vermouth's flowers and vanilla meet floral bottles
floral, fruity, sweet, plum
chestnut, floral, roasted grain, sweet
Shiso, sesame, yuzu and other flavoured shochu
Blanc vermouth's flowers and vanilla meet floral bottles
Soba shochu
The bottle already smells of vanilla, and this puts more of it in the glass.