Colors Ecru
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed within 1 to 2 years of release to preserve its vibrant acidity and fresh, delicate profile.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters, sashimi, lightly grilled poultry
✨ Technical Specifications
Aramasa's 'Colors' series is a vibrant exploration of Akita's terroir, with 'Ecru' serving as the elegant entry point. Named after the natural, unbleached color of raw silk, Ecru is crafted to express the pure, unadorned character of Akita's local Sake Komachi rice. True to Aramasa's uncompromising philosophy, it is brewed using the ancient Kimoto starter method in traditional wooden casks (kioke) and fermented exclusively with the historic Kyokai No. 6 yeast, which was discovered on-site in 1930. This meticulous, low-intervention process yields a sake of remarkable purity, characterized by a bright, juicy, wine-like acidity, delicate sweetness, and a pristine mineral backbone that challenges the boundaries between sake and fine white wine.
🍾 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
Sake Komachi (Sake Rice)
🍷 ABV
13%