Shochu that goes with muscat grape
Orchard and stone fruit
These are bottles to mix muscat grape into. Some of them taste of it too, and where that is the reason a bottle is here, its line says so.
Green muscat grapes, halved or juiced. Shine Muscat if you can find it.
Best bottles for muscat grape
The strongest matches in the catalogue, across every style. Everything below is the same ranking opened out by what the shochu is made from.
Grape on grape, and muscat is the aromatic one, so it lifts rather than repeats
lychee, grape, jasmine, rich
Muscat is the most floral grape there is
Rice shochu is described as muscat often enough to be a standard tasting note
rice, ginjo-like, floral, aged
rice, citrus, dried fruit, floral
rice, floral, aged
rice, floral, smooth, soft
rice, floral, fruity, smooth
sweet potato, lychee, floral, fruity
Green muscat grapes, halved or juiced. Shine Muscat if you can find it.
barley, clean, off-dry, smooth
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.
Imo shochu
Grape on grape, and muscat is the aromatic one, so it lifts rather than repeats
lychee, grape, jasmine, rich
Rice shochu is described as muscat often enough to be a standard tasting note
Muscat is the most floral grape there is
sweet potato, floral, full-bodied
Lychee and muscat is a perfume counter
Show the other 1 muscat grape matches
sweet potato, lychee, white peach, tropical fruit
Mugi shochu
Barley's light sweetness reads as orchard fruit already, so apple and pear extend the bottle rather than decorate it.
Green muscat grapes, halved or juiced. Shine Muscat if you can find it.
barley, bright, clean, light-bodied
barley, sesame, caramel, chocolate
barley, chocolate, umami, smooth
barley, crisp, clean, aged
Show the other 89 muscat grape matches
barley, smooth, crisp, aged
barley, crisp, clean
barley, tropical fruit, light-bodied
barley, soft, light-bodied, clean
barley, smooth, rich, light-bodied
barley, pear, soft, spice
barley, smooth, long finish, aged
barley, rich, crisp
barley, soft, clean
barley, smooth, light-bodied, clean
barley, smoky, soft, cask
barley, smooth
barley, umami, rich, sweet
barley, umami, rich, aged
barley, smooth, rich, aged
barley, soft, sweet
barley, smooth, rich, aged
barley, smooth, rich, whisky-like
barley, umami, rich, sharp
barley, chocolate, rich, full-bodied
barley, rich, full-bodied, cask
barley, umami, savory, clean
barley, apple, pineapple, creamy texture
barley, vanilla, spice, cask
barley, rice, umami
barley, rice, umami
barley, honey, chocolate, spice
barley, roasted grain
barley, citrus, melon, banana
barley, sesame, grassy, chocolate
barley, smooth, mint, caramel
barley, toast, savory, rich
barley, toast, rich, light-bodied
barley, smooth, crisp, cask
barley, toast, spice, rich
barley, banana, white peach, tea
barley, chocolate, coffee, rich
barley, umami, light-bodied
barley, smooth, dry
barley, white peach, cherry, soft
barley, soft, bright
barley, soft, chocolate, toast
barley, banana, toast
barley, pear, banana, bread
barley, caramel, chocolate, smoky
barley, cask, aged
barley, jasmine, honey, vanilla
barley, vanilla, cask
barley, toast, light-bodied, sweet
barley, soft, silky, smooth
barley, soft, cask, aged
barley, smooth, crisp, aged
barley, rich, cask, aged
barley, crisp, light-bodied, fruity
barley, toast, cereal, rich
barley, fruity, light-bodied
barley, sweet, clean
barley, vanilla, nutty, toast
barley, cask, aged
barley, banana, berry, bread
barley, dry, cask, aged
Earth and muscat pull in opposite directions
barley, melon, banana, floral
Kome shochu
Rice shochu distilled with ginjo yeast carries apple and melon esters already, so orchard fruit is amplification.
Muscat is the most floral grape there is
rice, ginjo-like, floral, aged
rice, citrus, dried fruit, floral
rice, floral, smooth, soft
rice, floral, fruity, smooth
Show the other 63 muscat grape matches
Green muscat grapes, halved or juiced. Shine Muscat if you can find it.
rice, soft, umami, rich
rice, umami, crisp, sweet
rice, vanilla, smooth, cask
rice, vanilla, smooth, sweet
rice, rich, aged
rice, soft, rich, aged
rice, rich, clean, bright
rice, soft, light-bodied, aged
rice, light-bodied, cask
rice, light-bodied, dry, aged
rice, vanilla, smooth, fruity
rice, banana, vanilla, chocolate
rice, citrus, silky, light-bodied
rice, vanilla, cask, aged
rice, melon, vanilla, toast
rice, sweet, clean, smooth
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
Kasutori, chestnut and other bases
Muscat is the most floral grape there is
floral, fruity, sweet, plum
chestnut, floral, roasted grain, sweet
Awamori
Muscat is the most floral grape there is
Shiso, sesame, yuzu and other flavoured shochu
Muscat is the most floral grape there is