All sake used to be called Tarusake. Tarusake is Japanese cedar barrel-flavored sake. From the beginning of the Edo Period to the end of the Meiji Period (17th – 19th centuries), sake was normally stored in barrels called taru made of cedar. Therefore, in those days sake was simply called tarusake. In 1964, Choryo succeeded in making an excellent tarusake using Yoshino cedar barrels. Since then, for almost 50 years we have been making tarusake in the same traditional way. Fresh on the palate, and with a pleasant cedar flavor that brings its peculiar richness and well-balanced aroma.
