Colors Ecru For Morocco
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed within 1–2 years of the bottling date when kept properly cellared or refrigerated.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh sashimi, steamed white fish, creamy goat cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Aramasa's 'Colors' series is a masterclass in showcasing the unique terroir of Akita Prefecture through local heritage rice varieties. The 'Ecru' bottling represents the foundation of this collection, brewed using 100% Sake Komachi rice. This highly limited 'For Morocco' edition was created as a special charity release by eighth-generation president Yusuke Sato to support earthquake relief efforts in Morocco. In keeping with Aramasa's strict natural brewing philosophy, this sake is produced using the traditional Kimoto starter method, fermented in wooden casks (kioke), and powered exclusively by the historic Kyokai No. 6 yeast, which was originally isolated on-site in 1930. The resulting brew is celebrated for its natural, wine-like acidity, pristine minerality, and delicate notes of stone fruit and sweet rice.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1852 by Uhei Sato in Akita Prefecture, Aramasa Shuzo stands as one of Japan's most revolutionary and revered artisanal producers. The brewery earned historic distinction in 1930 when its in-house culture was isolated as Kyokai No. 6, the oldest surviving yeast strain in active distribution. Under eighth-generation kuramoto Yusuke Sato, who took over in the late 2000s, Aramasa embarked on an uncompromising renaissance. Sato committed strictly to pure Junmai brewing, utilizing exclusively local Akita-grown rice cultivated without chemical pesticides, including over 30 hectares farmed in the Uyashinai district. Reviving traditional Edo-period techniques, all fermentations rely purely on indigenous lactic bacteria via the kimoto method and take place entirely in wooden cedar vats (kioke). Fermented using only pristine soft local mountain water and Kyokai No. 6, Aramasa's sakes—such as the iconic unpasteurized No. 6 series, the terroir-driven Colors collection, and the experimental Private Lab bottlings like Amaneko—are globally benchmarked for their electrifying acidity, pristine structural tension, and vinous elegance.
🍇 Grapes
None (100% Sake Komachi rice)
🍷 ABV
13%