Shochu that goes with cherry
Orchard and stone fruit
Fresh in early summer; morello or amarena in syrup otherwise. Dark cherry for aged bottles, bright cherry for sparkling.
Ranked over every bottle in the catalogue, with the reason each one is here. The reasoning is the same engine that recommends a mixer from a bottle, run the other way round, so the two never contradict each other.
Best with it
- 24-DO Kinjo Shiro
Kome (rice) · Kumamoto
Cherry: Rice shochu distilled with ginjo yeast carries apple and melon esters already, so orchard fruit is amplification.
- Barley Shochu 'Mugi'
Mugi (barley) · Kumamoto
Cherry: Barley's light sweetness reads as orchard fruit already, so apple and pear extend the bottle rather than decorate it.
- Ginza Suzume Kohaku Mugi Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Oita
Cherry: Barley's light sweetness reads as orchard fruit already, so apple and pear extend the bottle rather than decorate it.
- Hyakunen No Kodoku '100 Years of Solitude' Barrel-Aged Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Miyazaki
Cherry: Barley's light sweetness reads as orchard fruit already, so apple and pear extend the bottle rather than decorate it.
- Iichiko Special Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Oita
Cherry: Barley's light sweetness reads as orchard fruit already, so apple and pear extend the bottle rather than decorate it.
- Kirishima Melt Barley 720ml
Mugi (barley) · Miyazaki
Cherry: Barley's light sweetness reads as orchard fruit already, so apple and pear extend the bottle rather than decorate it.
- Kiuchi Rice Shochu Classic
Kome (rice) · Ibaraki
Cherry: Rice shochu distilled with ginjo yeast carries apple and melon esters already, so orchard fruit is amplification.
- Komasa Mellowed Kozuru Excellence
Kome (rice) · Kagoshima
Cherry: Rice shochu distilled with ginjo yeast carries apple and melon esters already, so orchard fruit is amplification.
- Mellowed Kozuru Excellence Rice Shochu
Kome (rice) · Kumamoto
Cherry: Rice shochu distilled with ginjo yeast carries apple and melon esters already, so orchard fruit is amplification.
- Mugon Rice Shochu
Kome (rice) · Kumamoto
Cherry: Rice shochu distilled with ginjo yeast carries apple and melon esters already, so orchard fruit is amplification.
- Satsuma Kannoko Barley Shochu 720ml
Mugi (barley) · Kagoshima
Cherry: Barley's light sweetness reads as orchard fruit already, so apple and pear extend the bottle rather than decorate it.
- Satsuma Kohaku no Yume (Amber Dream) / Kohaku No Yume Shochu 720ml
Mugi (barley) · Kagoshima
Cherry: Barley's light sweetness reads as orchard fruit already, so apple and pear extend the bottle rather than decorate it.
- Sengetsu Taru Rice Shochu
Kome (rice) · Kumamoto
Cherry: Rice shochu distilled with ginjo yeast carries apple and melon esters already, so orchard fruit is amplification.
- Toki No Kokuin
Kome (rice) · Mie
Cherry: Rice shochu distilled with ginjo yeast carries apple and melon esters already, so orchard fruit is amplification.
- Yanagita Mizunara Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Kagoshima
Cherry: Barley's light sweetness reads as orchard fruit already, so apple and pear extend the bottle rather than decorate it.
- Yanagita 'Mizunara' Barrel Aged Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Miyazaki
Cherry: Barley's light sweetness reads as orchard fruit already, so apple and pear extend the bottle rather than decorate it.
- Yufuin Black Label Barley Shochu
Mugi (barley) · Oita
Cherry: Barley's light sweetness reads as orchard fruit already, so apple and pear extend the bottle rather than decorate it.