Sake specs
- Prefecture
- Nagano (長野)
- Rice type
- Miyama Nishiki (美山錦)
- Polishing rate (semaibuai)
- 59%
- Alcohol content
- 16%
- SMV
- +5.0
- Acidity
- 2.0
Shinshū Maihime Junmai Ginjō Miyama Nishiki Karakuchi (信州舞姫 純米吟醸 美山錦 からくち) is made from Miyama Nishiki rice grown in Nagano Prefecture. This dry junmai ginjō from the Shinshū Maihime range is one of the brewery's most popular products and a versatile sake designed for everyday dining.
The kōji is prepared using the traditional hakokōji (箱麹) method, in which the rice is carefully hand-cultivated in small trays. Slow, low-temperature fermentation brings out a clean, refined flavour with very little roughness or unwanted heaviness. The sake offers a gentle yet full ginjō aroma with fruity notes and a rich, rounded rice character, followed by a crisp, dry finish.
Well-suited to a wide range of dishes, it pairs naturally with Japanese cuisine but also complements meat dishes and Chinese food. Its balanced, approachable character makes it easy to return to throughout a meal. Presented in a box, it is suitable for everyday home drinking and for gifting.
About the brewery
- Brewery
- Maihime Shuzō
- Name in Japanese
- 舞姫酒造
- Address
- 2-9-25 Suwa, Nagano 392-0004
- Phone
- 0266-52-0078
- Website
株式会社舞姫｜長野県諏訪市にある酒蔵
長野県諏訪市にある酒蔵です。 酒造りは、伝統手法にもとづき、蔵人が愛情を込めて醸しております。水は美しい大自然が息づく霧ヶ峰高原を源とする清冽なる伏流水。特定名称酒は酒造好適米を使用し、甘・酸・渋・辛・苦の五味が程良く調和した、旨口の日本酒造りに日夜励んでおります。www.maihime.co.jp
Along the Kōshū-kaidō Road in Suwa, Nagano Prefecture, there is an area where five sake breweries stand side by side, only 500 metres apart. The five breweries use the same underground water from the Kirigamine Mountains to brew sake, but each brews sake with its distinctive character and rich personality. The five breweries are known as the 'Five Suwa Breweries' (諏訪五蔵 Suwa gozō). Maihime, one of the five Suwa breweries, began brewing sake in Suwa in 1894, when it split off from Kamegen Jōzō (亀源醸造), a manufacturer of soy sauce and miso. It produced sake under the name Kameizumishuzō ten (亀泉酒造店) and changed its label from Sakura Kaede Masamune (桜楓正宗) to Maihime in 1912. In 2014, the company was relaunched as Maihime Co., Ltd. (株式会社舞姫). In 2015, Maihime opened a Tōkyō office in Hachiōji and started to produce its Takao no Tengu with rice grown in the area.