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KODAKARA · Tatenokawa · Sakata, Yamagata · EST. 1832

KODAKARA Mango

子宝 マンゴー

Alphonso mango brings dense sweetness and a softly viscous fruit texture, with acidity keeping the finish composed.

Fruit liqueur

CategoryFruit liqueur
OriginSakata, Yamagata
BaseBlend including sake
SignatureDense fruit
ABV8%
Volume720 ml

How it is made

Concentrating fruit without making it heavy

Its character comes from the way the main ingredient meets the base spirit. Two choices are central to the result.

01

Selecting Alphonso mango

The aroma and flavour of Alphonso mango sit at the centre of the liqueur.

02

Adding the roundness of sake

Tatenokawa’s brewing background helps connect fruit sweetness and acidity smoothly.

The result

Ripe mango, dense fruit and balancing acidity

Ripe-fruit aroma and sweetness expand across a softly viscous palate, while acidity gives definition.

Taste profile

Ripe mango, dense fruit and balancing acidity

Ripe mango, dense fruit and balancing acidity

Ripe-fruit aroma and sweetness expand across a softly viscous palate, while acidity gives definition.

Food affinities

Four directions guided by dense, balanced fruit

KODAKARA Mango is a dense fruit liqueur built on the ripe aroma and thick fruit character of Alphonso mango, given definition by balancing acidity. What follows is not a pairing the producer has presented officially, but a reading drawn from the aroma and taste recorded on this page.

Ripe fruit meeting spice complexityLamb curry with warming spices, Japanese spiced grilled chicken wings, Thai Muslim-style curry (massaman). Mango’s ripe aroma overlaps with the complexity of spice, and its thick fruit character meets the spice’s weight.
A shared creamy textureCoconut panna cotta, Japanese almond tofu (annin tofu), Thai sticky rice with mango (khao niao mamuang). Two dense, creamy textures meet, forming a smooth sense of unity.
Balancing acidity meeting fried foodFried chicken tenders, Japanese fried prawn tempura, Thai fried fish cakes (tod mun pla). Balancing acidity gives definition and lightly meets the richness of fried food.
Overlap with aged, fermented depthAged gruyère cheese board, Japanese white-miso glazed fish (saikyo-yaki), Thai fermented shrimp paste dip (nam prik kapi). Deep, aged and fermented savouriness meets mango’s ripe sweetness.

Mango aroma is described as overlapping with spice and with fermented savouriness, so pairings with curry or miso can be read as an overlap of aroma and umami. There is also a principle of matching weight on the tongue, a lens that applies to creamy dishes.

Pairing guide — Umeshu

The producer

Tatenokawa in Sakata, Yamagata

Tatenokawa is based in Sakata, Yamagata. For this liqueur, it brings ingredient selection and established production craft together in a distinctly Japanese expression.

Official producer website

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