Sake specs
- Prefecture
- Ehime (愛媛)
- Rice type
- Aiyama (愛山)
- Polishing rate (semaibuai)
- 50%
- Alcohol content
- 16%
- SMV
- -1
- Acidity
- 1.3
Ishizuchi Junmai Ginjō Aiyama 50 (石鎚 純米吟醸 愛山50) is made of Aiyama rice grown in Hyōgo and milled to 50%. It is a rare rice variety and has long been considered difficult to cultivate. Ishizuchi crafted a sake worthy of the prestige and dignity of Aiyama with an elegant ginjō aroma, a smooth taste typical of Ishizuchi, and plenty of rice flavour.
It won a Gold Award in the 2024 "National New Sake Tasting Competition" and a Grand Gold and Gold Award in the 2024 Fine Sake Award.
About the brewery
- Brewery
- Ishizuchi Shuzō
- Name in Japanese
- 石鎚酒造
- Address
- 402-3 Himihei, Saijō, Ehime 〒793-0073
- Phone
- 0897-57-8000
- Website
石鎚酒造オフィシャルサイト｜食中に活きる酒造り -
石鎚酒造は、大正9年創業、西日本最高峰「石鎚山」のふところで名水の町として呼び声の高い愛媛県西条市にあります。私たちが目標とする酒造りは、「食中に活きる酒造り」。純米酒、純米吟醸酒を中心に、3杯目から旨くなる酒を目指します。www.ishizuchi.co.jp
Founded in 1920, the Ochii family (越知家), brewers of Ishizuchi sake, operated initially as village headmen (庄屋 shōya) for generations in Niihama, a neighbouring town of Saijō. The family's move to Saijō and subsequent transition from shipping merchants to sake brewing marked the birth of Ishizuchi (石鎚). The brand and the brewery's name are derived from Mount Ishizuchi, the highest peak in western Japan.
Saijō in Ehime Prefecture has long been renowned as a "town of pristine waters" (名水の町), known since the Edo period for its abundant natural springs. Among them is Uchinuki (うちぬき), a groundwater source selected as one of Japan's top 100 renowned waters. The brewing water for Ishizuchi's sake comes from the same Ishizuchi mountain range, drawing from its rich and plentiful springs.
Saijō in Ehime Prefecture has long been renowned as a "town of pristine waters" (名水の町), known since the Edo period for its abundant natural springs. Among them is Uchinuki (うちぬき), a groundwater source selected as one of Japan's top 100 renowned waters. The brewing water for Ishizuchi's sake comes from the same Ishizuchi mountain range, drawing from its rich and plentiful springs.
Awards:
- Fine Sake Award: 2024 (Grand Gold, Gold Award), 2023 (Grand Gold 2x Gold Award), 2022 (Grand Gold Award, Gold Award), 2021 (Grand Gold Award), 2020 (4x Grand Gold Award, Gold Award), 2019 (Highet Gold Award)
- International Wine Challenge IWC: 2023 (Gold, 4x Silver, 3x Bronze, 1x Commended), 2022 (3x Silver, 3x Bronze), 2021 (2x Gold, 4x silver), 2020 (5x Silver, Bronze), 2019 (2x Gold, 1x Silver, 3x Bronze)
- Kuramaster: 2023 (Platinum, Gold), 2022 (Platinum, Gold), 209 (2x Gold), 2019 (Gold)
- Milan Sake Challenge: 2023 (Platinum, Silver, Bronze)
- Oriental Sake Awards: 2023 (Gold, Bronze)
- Asian Sake Festival in Singapore: 2023 (Gold, Silver)
- Sake Competition: 2023 (Gold), 2019 (2x Silver)
- Japan Women's SAKE Award ~ Fine Sake Competition ~: 2023 (Top of the Best, 2x Gold)
- Sake College: 2019 (Gold)
- Omachi Summit Appraisal: 2019-2023 (Honour Awards)
