Sekkai Itto Arakawa White Peach, Momoshu, 720ml
Wakayama white peaches and sake in one bottle: a soft, juicy peach liqueur to pour over ice.
Sekai Itto Arakawa White Peach Momoshu is a peach liqueur made with peaches from Arakawa, the peach-growing area of Momoyama in Wakayama Prefecture, blended with sake from Sekai Itto, a Wakayama brewery founded in 1884. It is thick with fruit and tastes of ripe white peach first, with the sake adding a gentle, rounded background. Low in alcohol for a liqueur and best served cold.
Why Chefs Choose This
- Real fruit, and plenty of it: made with peach from Wakayama, so it tastes of ripe fruit rather than peach flavouring.
- Sake, not neutral spirit alone: the sake base gives a rounder, softer finish than a standard fruit liqueur.
- Easy on the list: light, sweet and low in strength, it suits guests who do not usually drink sake.
- Versatile behind the bar: works neat, on ice, lengthened with soda or in a cocktail.
How to Use
- On the rocks: pour over plenty of ice as an aperitif or after dinner.
- Peach highball: top with chilled soda water for a light, long drink.
- Cocktails: shake with gin or vodka and lemon, or top with sparkling wine for a peach spritz.
- Desserts: pour over vanilla ice cream or sorbet, or serve alongside cheesecake or fruit salad.
Momoshu (桃酒) simply means peach liqueur, and in Japan it belongs to the same family as umeshu (plum) and yuzushu (citrus): fruit steeped or blended with alcohol, often sake, into a sweet drink. Wakayama is one of Japan's main fruit prefectures, and the Arakawa area of Momoyama-chō, now part of Kinokawa City, is known for its peaches, the Arakawa no momo (あら川の桃). Sekai Itto (世界一統) was founded in Wakayama City in 1884; its name was given by the statesman Ōkuma Shigenobu.
What does peach momoshu taste like?
Like biting into a very ripe white peach. The aroma is fresh peach and blossom, the texture is thick and juicy because of the fruit content, and the sweetness is soft rather than syrupy. Underneath there is a light, rice-like roundness from the sake, and the finish is clean. Over ice it becomes more refreshing and the peach aroma lifts; with soda it turns into a gentle, fruity long drink.
Product Details
| Type | Peach liqueur (桃酒, momoshu) with a sake base |
| Producer | Sekai Itto (世界一統), Wakayama, founded 1884 |
| Fruit | Arakawa peaches, Momoyama, Wakayama Prefecture |
| Alcohol | Low strength for a liqueur; see the bottle label for the exact figure |
| Origin | Wakayama, Japan |
| Volume and Format | 720ml bottle |
| Serving | Chilled, on ice or with soda |
| Storage | Cool, dark place; refrigerate after opening |
Is momoshu sake?
It is a liqueur made with sake. Peach fruit is blended with sake (and in most momoshu, some distilled alcohol and sugar) to make a sweet drink, in the same way umeshu is made with plums. So it is sake-based, but it drinks like a fruit liqueur rather than a sake.
How do you serve it?
Cold. Over ice is the classic way, or with chilled soda water for a peach highball. It also works neat and well chilled in a small glass after dinner, poured over vanilla ice cream, or in cocktails with gin, vodka or sparkling wine.
How should I store it once opened?
Reseal it and keep it in the fridge. Fruit liqueurs with real fruit content keep their fresh aroma best when chilled, and the fruit can settle, so give the bottle a gentle turn before pouring. Drink within a few weeks of opening for the best flavour.
SKU : X0118