SANSACHUN (산사춘)

Sansachun is a Korean rice wine flavoured with hawthornberry and cornus fruits. A flowering shrub or tree of the rose family.  Sansachun rice wine has has been enjoyed all over East Asia for centuries and has been mentioned in numerous historical sources from the Joesun Dynasty’s later years and thought to be more than 400 years old.

Sansachun has a distinctive, aromatic flavor that does not cause discomfort when drinking. This is created by the method of fermenting raw rice with low-temperature fermentation. Hawthorn fruit is used to produce many medicines and is an effective remedy for stomach, intestinal and digestive disorders so sansachun is considered a yakju or medicinal liquor.