Omegi Wine

Description

Omegisul is Jeju Island's signature grain drink, and this 13% version from a 2014 Visiting Brewery layers rice with foxtail millet (chajo), nuruk, yeast, enzymes, plus a botanical trio of cheongho (wormwood), joridae (bamboo leaf), and licorice. The millet is the soul here — it introduces a nutty, almost savory grain character that rice alone cannot provide, with a subtle earthiness that evokes volcanic Jeju soil. The bamboo leaf adds a green, vegetal crispness that lifts the midpalate, while licorice rounds the finish without sweetening it. The body feels surprisingly airy for a drink this complex, floating between grain-forward heft and herbal lightness. Serve at 10-12°C with galchi-jorim (braised hairtail fish in gochujang), where the sweet-spicy braising liquid meets the millet's savory edge, or with jeonbokjuk (abalone porridge), a quintessential Jeju pairing where two gentle textures merge.

Ingredients

Rice, 차조, Nuruk (Steamed Grain), Nuruk, Yeast, Enzyme, 청호, 조릿대, Licorice, Purified Water

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