Brewed By:
Kiuchi Shuzou Sake
Self-Defined Style:
Plum Wine Japanese ume (Prunus mume) is a species of Asian plum in the family Rosaceae. The tree comes originally from China, but has also been cultivated in Japan and Korea for its fruit and flowers since ancient times.
Kiuchi ume wine is made from the juice of green unripe ume. The juice is extracted by preserving the plums in sugar.
Since ume contain a lot of natural citric acid, the resulting plum wine has a sweet, acidic, very refreshing taste that pairs very well with sushi, sea food, desserts and other Asian or fusion style dishes.
