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Chikumanishiki Junmai Daiginjō Genshu 50% Yamadanishiki

Chikumanishiki Junmai Daiginjō Genshu is made of Yamadanishiki polished to 50% and Association yeast No. 18. It is a mellow, full-bodied sake with a rich flavour.
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Sake specs

Prefecture
Nagano (長野)
Rice type
Yamada Nishiki (山田錦)
Polishing rate (semaibuai)
50%
Alcohol content
16%
SMV
+3 - ±0
Acidity
1.4 - 1.7
Chikumanishiki Junmai Daiginjō Genshu (千曲錦 全量山田錦五十%磨純米大吟醸原酒)

As its name implies, Chikumanishiki Junmai Daiginjō Genshu 50% Yamadanishiki (千曲錦 全量山田錦五十%磨純米大吟醸原酒) is made of Yamadanishiki polished to 50%, Association Yeast No.18 (酵母協会18号), and the pellucid subterranean water of Mount Asama. It is a mellow, full-bodied sake with a rich flavour.

Chikumanishiki Junmai Daiginjō Genshu (千曲錦 全量山田錦五十%磨純米大吟醸原酒) Chikumanishiki Junmai Daiginjō Genshu (千曲錦 全量山田錦五十%磨純米大吟醸原酒) Chikumanishiki Junmai Daiginjō Genshu (千曲錦 全量山田錦五十%磨純米大吟醸原酒)

About the brewery

Brewery
Chikumanishiki Shuzō
Name in Japanese
千曲錦酒造
Address
1110 Nagatoro, Saku, Nagano 385-0021
Phone
0267-67-3731
Website
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Chikumanishiki Sake Brewery is located in Saku, Nagano Prefecture.

Hara Mino no Kami Toratane (原美濃守虎胤, 1497–1564), one of Takeda Shingen's Twenty-Four Generals, was feared as the 'Oni Mino'. His son, Hara Ōkuma Mamoru Toramasa (原大隈守虎昌), saved his master's life as a bannerman in the Battle of Kawanakajima and was awarded the land of Saku Iwamurada by the Takeda clan. Toramasa's son Jinzō (甚蔵) moved to Saku Iwamurada after the demise of the Takeda clan in 1582. In 1681, Wataru Hachirō (弥八郎), a descendant of Hara Jinzō, founded the brewery and the store called Yoshidaya (吉田屋), which exists to this day. In the Meiji period, Hara Jisuke (原治助) expanded the business into Tōkyō. Chikuma Nishiki Sake Brewery (千曲錦酒造株式会社) was formally established in September 1929. The company moved to its current location in 1962. In 1995, Uehara Yasunori (上原康徳) became the first tōji to be awarded the title of "Master Craftsman of Shinshū" by the prefectural governor.

Awards

  • 2010: Kanto-Shinetsu National Taxation Bureau Liquor Appraisal Junmai Sake Category Gold Award (関東信越国税局酒類鑑評会 純米酒の部 金賞)
  • 2011: Annual Japan Sake Awards (全国新酒鑑評会) Gold Award
  • 2011: Kantō Shinetsu Regional Taxation Bureau Liquor Appraisal Ginjō Sake Category Gold Award
  • 2013: Annual Japan Sake Awards (全国新酒鑑評会)
  • 2013: Kantō Shinetsu Regional Taxation Bureau Liquor Appraisal Ginjō Sake Category Gold Award
  • 2014: Annual Japan Sake Awards (全国新酒鑑評会) Gold Award
  • 2015: Annual Japan Sake Awards (全国新酒鑑評会) Gold Award
  • 2015: Kantō-Shinetsu National Taxation Bureau Liquor Appraisal Junmai Sake Category Gold Award
  • 2016: Annual Japan Sake Awards (全国新酒鑑評会)
  • 2017: Annual Japan Sake Awards (全国新酒鑑評会)
  • 2017: Kantō-Shinetsu National Taxation Bureau Liquor Appraisal, Junmai Ginjō Sake Category Gold Award
  • 2019: Annual Japan Sake Awards (全国新酒鑑評会) Gold Award
  • 2020: Annual Japan Sake Awards Award (全国新酒鑑評会)

Latest reviews

Colour / hue
Pale Yellow
Clarity
Clear
Mild, sweet, full-bodied, earthy mid-palate with slight acidity and a mild and moderately spicy finish. Running in the ハイコスパ (haicospa, "high cost performance") class, it is spectacularly good.
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Category
Junmai Daiginjō
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Reviews
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Rating
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Location
〒385-0021 長野県佐久市長土呂1110

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