Shochu that goes with yellow peach
Orchard and stone fruit
These are bottles to mix yellow peach into. Some of them taste of it too, and where that is the reason a bottle is here, its line says so.
Bolder than white peach, closer to apricot. For bottles with more weight.
Best bottles for yellow peach
The strongest matches in the catalogue, across every style. Everything below is the same ranking opened out by what the shochu is made from.
A richer peach for a richer bottle
rice, soft, umami, rich
rice, rich, aged
rice, soft, rich, aged
barley, chocolate, umami, smooth
rice, rich
rice, citrus, dried fruit, floral
barley, chocolate, earthy, smooth
rice, rich, clean, bright
rice, soft, umami, rich
barley, smooth, rich, aged
barley, smooth, rich, whisky-like
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.
Kome shochu
Rice shochu distilled with ginjo yeast carries apple and melon esters already, so orchard fruit is amplification.
A richer peach for a richer bottle
rice, soft, umami, rich
rice, rich, aged
rice, soft, rich, aged
rice, citrus, dried fruit, floral
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rice, rich, clean, bright
rice, rich, bright
rice, smooth, rich
Bolder than white peach, closer to apricot. For bottles with more weight.
rice, umami, crisp, sweet
rice, vanilla, smooth, cask
rice, vanilla, smooth, sweet
rice, floral, smooth, soft
rice, vanilla, smooth, fruity
rice, banana, vanilla, chocolate
rice, floral, fruity, smooth
rice, vanilla, cask, aged
rice, melon, vanilla, toast
rice, sweet, clean, smooth
rice, smooth, aged, cask
rice, smooth, crisp, aged
rice, cask, aged
rice, smooth, aged
rice, smooth, light-bodied, sweet
rice, soft, smoky, creamy texture
Mugi shochu
Barley's light sweetness reads as orchard fruit already, so apple and pear extend the bottle rather than decorate it.
A richer peach for a richer bottle
barley, chocolate, earthy, smooth
barley, smooth, rich, aged
barley, smooth, rich, whisky-like
barley, chocolate, rich, full-bodied
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barley, apple, pineapple, creamy texture
barley, toast, savory, rich
barley, banana, white peach, tea
barley, chocolate, coffee, rich
barley, rich, cask, aged
barley, caramel, rich, sweet
Bolder than white peach, closer to apricot. For bottles with more weight.
barley, tropical fruit, light-bodied
barley, smooth, mint, caramel
barley, umami, light-bodied
barley, toast, light-bodied, sweet
barley, soft, silky, smooth
barley, crisp, light-bodied, fruity
barley, fruity, light-bodied
barley, smooth, rich, light-bodied
barley, rich, crisp
barley, umami, rich, sweet
barley, umami, rich, aged
barley, smooth, rich, aged
barley, umami, rich, sharp
barley, citrus, melon, white peach
Honeyed bottles and yellow peach are late-summer together
barley, toast, rich, light-bodied
barley, toast, spice, rich
barley, jasmine, honey, vanilla
barley, toast, cereal, rich
Awamori
A richer peach for a richer bottle
caramel, smoky, rich, earthy
floral, clean, sharp, aged
rich, full-bodied, aged, umami
umami, rich, full-bodied, cask
aged, caramel, smooth, spice
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rice, pear, caramel, rich
rice, smooth, rich, sweet
rice, soft, rich, sweet
rice, soft, smooth, rich
rice, smooth, rich, sweet
rice, soft, rich, sweet
rice, smooth, rich, sweet
rice, sweet, smooth, rich
rice, earthy, mushroom, rich
rice, sweet, soft, smooth
rice, sweet, rich, full-bodied
Imo shochu
A richer peach for a richer bottle
vanilla, cask, rich, crisp
sweet potato, roasted sweet potato, umami, silky
sweet potato, sweet, rich, full-bodied
sweet potato, banana, vanilla, clean
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sweet potato, rich, smooth, umami
sweet potato, rich, full-bodied
sweet potato, umami, rich
sweet potato, rich, full-bodied
sweet potato, smooth, rich
sweet potato, umami, rich, aged
sweet potato, fruity, umami, rich
sweet potato, rich, purple sweet potato
sweet potato, umami, rich, aged
sweet potato, soft, smooth, rich
sweet potato, smoky, rich, long finish
Kasutori, chestnut and other bases
A richer peach for a richer bottle
smooth, rich, aged
Honeyed bottles and yellow peach are late-summer together
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chestnut, barley, fruity, rich
chestnut, floral, roasted grain, sweet
smooth, rich, full-bodied, sweet
smooth, rich, cask, aged
Kokuto shochu
A richer peach for a richer bottle
kokuto, rich, long finish, aged
Shiso, sesame, yuzu and other flavoured shochu
A richer peach for a richer bottle