Sake specs
- Prefecture
- Kyōto (京都)
- Rice type
- Domestic rice (国産米)
- Polishing rate (semaibuai)
- 45%
- Alcohol content
- 15%
- SMV
- -3
- Acidity
- 1.5
- Amino acid level
- 1.1
Kyōhime Junmai Daiginjō Murasaki (京姫 純米大吟醸 紫) has a delicate and elegant aroma and a graceful and elegant sweetness that makes it easy to drink. It is especially delicious when served cold or at room temperature. The design is based on "The Tale of Genji" and the Aoi Festival (葵祭), one of the three major festivals in Kyōto. The Futaba hollyhock leaves (双葉葵の葉) express the elegance of Kyōto—a Junmai Daiginjō with a smooth taste and a soft umami and sweetness of rice.
Awards:
- Platinum Award: Kura Master 2021 Junmai Daiginjo Sake Category
- Grand Gold Award: The Fine Sake Award Japan 2021 Main Category
- Gold Award: The Fine Sake Award Japan 2020 Main Category
2019 edition:
About the brewery
- Brewery
- Kyōhime Shuzō
- Name in Japanese
- 京姫酒造
- Address
- 368-1 Yamazakichō, Fushimi-ku, Kyōto, 612-8367
- Phone
- 075-622-2323
- Website
株式会社京姫酒造公式サイト・京都、伏見の大吟醸酒「匠」
京姫酒造は日本三大酒どころの一つ京都・伏見で良質な水質の地下水を使い酒造りに取り組んでいます。大吟醸や純米吟醸に名付けられた匠は我が社の代表作であり、京都の日本酒、京都の大吟醸として人気の商品です。www.kyohime.co.jp
Fushimi in Kyōto has been a thriving sake brewing town since ancient times. Blessed with abundant underground water veins that spring forth from the hills of Momoyama, it was once called "Fushimizu". (伏水) It is said that full-scale brewing started about 400 years ago. As a castle town and a port on the Yodo River on the Tokaido road, the white-walled sake breweries along the Uji River and the Odo River have been flourishing ever since. Kyōhime Shuzō was founded in 1818 as Okamoto Shuzō (岡本酒造) and in 1997 changed its name to Kyōhime to commemorate the 1200th anniversary of the founding of Heiankyō (平安京), taking the "Kyō" from Heiankyō and the "Hime" from Shinsō no himegimi (深窓の姫君).
