Sake specs
- Prefecture
- Nagano (長野)
- Rice type
- Miyama Nishiki (美山錦)
- Polishing rate (semaibuai)
- 70%
- Alcohol content
- 19%
- SMV
- +3.0
Misuzu Honjōzō Namagenshu (美寿々 本醸造生原酒) is made of Miyamanishiki rice grown in Nagano and milled to 70%. Upon opening the bottle, you are greeted with a subtle, fresh aroma. The flavour is rich and boldly dry, delivering an intense burst of Miyamanishiki rice umami. Though full-bodied, it retains the refreshing quality of unpasteurized sake and features a uniquely smooth, velvety mouthfeel not found in other sake.
About the brewery
- Brewery
- Misuzu Shuzō
- Name in Japanese
- 美寿々酒造
- Address
- 2402, Oaza Ama, Shiojiri City, Nagano Prefecture, 399-6462
- Phone
- 0263-52-0013
- Website
信州の地酒 美寿々酒造（株）
美寿々酒造は信州の片田舎、洗馬街道の山間にある、本当に小さな酒蔵です。 けれども、心に残る旨い酒を造りたいと思う気持ちは、どんな蔵にも負けません。 蔵元自らが杜氏となって、醸し出す美酒はまろやかで、その味わいはどこか懐かしく、それでいて美しく、絶妙なバランスで喉に広がります。 澄んだ空気と素朴な自然環境、蔵の裏山から湧き出る軟水と、この地で育った酒造米「美山錦」による、丹誠込めた手造りの酒は評価も高く、その希少価値もあいまって、酒通の間で話題となりました。 多くは醸せませんが是非一度ご賞味いただけますと幸いです。www.appale.ne.jp
- Online store
Misuzu Sake Brewery in Shiojiri, Nagano, was founded in 1893 as Shimizu Jōzōten (清水醸造店) and incorporated in 1955 under the name Misuzu (美寿々). The sake's name was chosen after the Shinano pillow word (枕詞, figure of speech) "misuzukaru" (みすずかる). Shiojiri-juku has flourished as a posttown since the Edo period . The area is located in a semi-highland area at an altitude of 750 metres, and the water and air are clean, making it an ideal environment for sake brewing. The water used for brewing sake is soft and delicate water from the Narai River system, which enables the production of smooth, soft sake. After graduating from the Department of Brewing at Tokyo University of Agriculture, Kumagai Naoji (熊谷直二) has been involved in sake brewing for over 40 years and has been Misuzu's head brewer since 2000.
