Prefecture: Yamagata • Rice: 100% Highest Grade “Tokujo” Omachi Rice • Water: Soft ‘Sakura-shimizu’ water • Yeast: Kyokai #10 cultivated in house• Sake Meter Value: +4 • Acidity: 1
Water: Medium-hard Hakusan underground well water
slippery and expressive
Round mouth-feel
and bright you immediately taste a wonderful array of acidity and flavors that jump in the glass with an astringent kiss
Sanwa Shurui Wakabotan Junmai Ginjo "Yamadanishiki" Shimane Prefecture: Yamagata • Rice: 100%The nose on this wonderful New World Junmai Ginjo is a splendid collection of grape, green apple, vanilla, rice candy, lemon lime, and steamed rice aromas. In a word, this pasteurized sake drinks very much like a living Nama (unpasteurized) sake that is fresh, fun, and very lively with tiny bubbles on the inside of the glass. Is it bubbly? No, it just drinks juicy, light, tingly, and refreshing with a gentle effervescence and a touch of shibumi