Sake specs
- Prefecture
- Hyōgo (兵庫)
- Rice type
- Domestic rice (国産米)
- Polishing rate (semaibuai)
- Kojikome 65%, kakemai 75%
- Alcohol content
- 16.5%
- SMV
- +2.0
- Acidity
- 1.5
- Amino acid level
- 1.4
The Sawanotsuru Shinmai Hatsunama Genshu (沢の鶴 新米新酒初生原酒) was brewed with new rice (新米 shinmai, "nouveau rice") harvested in 2021. This so-called "new rice new sake" (新米新酒) is also referred to as "sake nouveau" (日本酒のヌーヴォー), in the style of the voguish Beaujolais nouveau. It has a fresh aroma and rich and mild taste unique to "sake nouveau". The brewery uses nada miyamizu (灘の宮水, natural water from the Rokko Mountains), selected as one of the 100 best water sources.
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About the brewery
- Brewery
- Sawanotsuru Co., Ltd.
- Japanese name
- 沢の鶴株式会社
- Address
- 5 Chome-1-2 Shinzaike Minamimachi, Nada Ward, Kobe, Hyogo 657-0864
- Phone
- 078-881-1234
- Website
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Sawanotsuru Brewery is located in the Nada Ward of Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture, one of the three foremost areas of sake production in Japan. It was founded in 1717 by the first generation of rice merchants, who started brewing sake as a side business. Since then, the ability to judge rice has been passed down from generation to generation.
The name of the brewery originates in Japanese mythology: when Amaterasu, the Sun goddess, was enshrined at Ise, a bird was heard singing in the stream at Izawa. When Yamatohime-no-mikoto (倭姫命) inquired about the source of the singing, she found a pure white crane crying while holding an ear of rice. Isawatomi no Mikoto (伊佐波登美神) was deeply moved by the fact that even a bird could make a rice field and offer food to the kami and ordered Isawatomi no Mikami to brew sake from the ears of rice and offer it to the gods. The crane was henceforth called Otoshi no Kami (大歳神, God of the five grains). The story is based on the origin of the Iza-no-Miya shrine (a separate shrine granted the same status as the Ise Naiku).
In 2017, Sawanotsuru celebrated its 300th anniversary.
The name of the brewery originates in Japanese mythology: when Amaterasu, the Sun goddess, was enshrined at Ise, a bird was heard singing in the stream at Izawa. When Yamatohime-no-mikoto (倭姫命) inquired about the source of the singing, she found a pure white crane crying while holding an ear of rice. Isawatomi no Mikoto (伊佐波登美神) was deeply moved by the fact that even a bird could make a rice field and offer food to the kami and ordered Isawatomi no Mikami to brew sake from the ears of rice and offer it to the gods. The crane was henceforth called Otoshi no Kami (大歳神, God of the five grains). The story is based on the origin of the Iza-no-Miya shrine (a separate shrine granted the same status as the Ise Naiku).
In 2017, Sawanotsuru celebrated its 300th anniversary.
