Description: This Junmai has a nose of caramel and bananas. A smooth start is followed by a mellow fruit middle with strawberry tones and finishes with a dry ending. The thin viscosity plays with a hidden acidity to achieve a round and smooth crispness, which leaves a prolonged lingering flavor of cooked pears and subtle minerals. This is a classic dry sake that tastes fruitier than it really presents itself.

One word to describe this sake brew: Caramel 

Food Pairings: Sushi & Sashimi, Grilled Fish, Light Pasta, Shellfish, Grilled Meats, Fried or Salty Dishes

Taste profile: WINE: Round and soft reds/crisp and clean whites; BEER: Heffenwiesen and Light Beers

Brewery: Katou Kahachiro Shuzou

Sake Type: Tokubetsu Junmai

Bottle Size: 720ml

Founded: 1872

Prefecture: Yamagata

Toji (Master Brewer): Nomura

Ingredients: Ricetype: Haenuki; Water: On-site well water; Yeast: Yamagata KA; No sulfites, no preservatives.

Seimaibuai (amount of rice left after milling): 60%

Alcohol Content: 15.50%

Sake Meter Value (the lower the sweeter, the higher the drier): +6

Sweet or dry: Dry

Body: Very Light

Acidity: 1.3

Amino acids: 1.0

Serving temp: Chilled, Slightly Chilled, Room Temperature, Warm