Kiyomi Japanese Rum / 40% / 0.7l
- In 1961 Tadashi Matsuda opened a distillery in the city of Naha on the Japanese island of Okinawa. The distillery was initially named Taiyou and it primarily manufactured rum from the locally cultivated sugar cane.
Product description
In 1961, Tadashi Matsuda founded a distillery called Taiyou in the town of Naha on the Japanese island of Okinawa.
The first product of the new distillery was rum produced from locally grown sugar cane. The producer's assumption from the very beginning was to produce the highest quality products based on local raw materials. Over time, the distillery changed its name to Helios (1969), and the range of spirits produced there was expanded to include a number of other alcohols, including shochu, awamori, umeshu, beer, and finally whisky.
Kiyomi is a rum made from molasses, distilled in a column still and bottled without maturing in oak barrels.
Aroma : Sugar cane, sake, lychee, grass, hay, lime, honey.
Taste : Sugar cane, fermented fruits, dried apricots, honey, hay.
Finish : Medium long, notes of fruit and spices.