Sake specs
- Prefecture
- Nagano (長野)
- Rice type
- Miyama Nishiki (美山錦)
- Polishing rate (semaibuai)
- 59%
- Alcohol content
- 15%
- SMV
- +2
- Acidity
- 1.4
Shinshū Maihime Junmai Ginjō (信州舞姫 純米吟醸酒) is part of Maihime's fan series (扇ラベル ōgi raberu). It is made of Miyamanishiki rice milled to 59% and has a mild aroma and light sweetness.
About the brewery
- Brewery
- Maihime Brewery
- Name in Japanese
- 舞姫
- 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 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, started brewing sake in Suwa in 1894 when it split up 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.
