Region:
Japan
/ Ibaraki
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This junmai daiginjo is inarguably one of the most prized junmai daiginjos in the sake world. It is deep, luscious and layered with big but well-balanced fruit flavors characterized by honeydew melon, peaches and pineapple.
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tasting note
Deep, luscious, and layered with concentrated, juicy honeydew and peach.
food pairing
Serve slightly chilled with grilled scallops, sashimi, and sea urchin.
Region: Ibaraki
Grade: Junmai Daiginjo
Seimaibuai: 35 %
Nihonshudo: +3
Rice: Watari Bune
Yeast: Association #9
Pressing: By hand in fune
points of distinction
- The top level of Watari Bune. Luscious and layered, showing distinctive, funky, over-ripe melon.
Watari Bune, the rice used to make this sake, is one of the only pure strains of sake rice being used today
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