Brewery: Niizawa Jozoten• Prefecture: Miyagi• Rice: Yamada Nishiki Rice milled to 48% • Yeast: Niizawa House Yeast • Water: soft well water • Sake Meter Value*: +3 • Acidity: – • ABV: 15%
Most Honjozo sake are thin
with a nice astringency aka shibumi and a dry finish
If you like it on the sweet side
This is a food pairing buddy brew
Kamo Kinshu Tokubetsu Junmai "Gold Standard" Size:720ml Brewery: Niizawa Jozoten• Prefecture: Miyagi•The nose on this special Junmai sake is a tight collection of rice candy, sea salt, kumquat, pear, vanilla bean, melon, meyer lemon, green apple, peach, sourdough, saffron, and grape aromas. Hello modern style sake that is built like wine and operates that way with tannin like dryness, astringency, and an elevated acidity field. Bright, crispy, tingly, zesty, spitzy, and frisky with an elegant bitter whisper and very quick peppery finish. Look for