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Tamanohikari Junmai Daiginjō Bizen-Ōmachi

Tamanohikari Junmai Daiginjō Bizen-Ōmachi is made of Bizen Ōmachi from Okayama Prefecture, the birthplace of this heirloom rice variety milled to 50%, and Association No. 901 yeast.
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Prefecture
Kyōto (京都)
Rice type
Ōmachi (雄町)
Polishing rate (semaibuai)
50%
Alcohol content
16%
SMV
+3.5
Acidity
1.7
Tamanohikari Junmai Daiginjō Bizen-Ōmachi (玉乃光純米大吟醸備前雄町)

Tamanohikari Junmai Daiginjō Bizen-Ōmachi (玉乃光純米大吟醸備前雄町) is made of Bizen Ōmachi from Okayama Prefecture, the birthplace of this heirloom rice variety milled to 50%, and Association No. 901 yeast. Best consumed slightly chilled, it pairs well with sushi, tempura, and fish-based French and Italian dishes.

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Tamanohikari Sake Brewery (玉乃光酒造株式会社)

About the brewery

Brewery
Tamanohikari Shuzō
Name in Japanese
玉乃光酒造
Address
545-2 Higashisakaimachi, Fushimi, Kyōto, 612-8066
Phone
075-611-5000
Website
Online store
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Tamanohikari Brewery in Fushimi, Kyōto, was founded in 1673 by Nakaya Rokuzaemon (中屋六左衛門), who received his license from Tokugawa Mitsusada (徳川光貞), the grandson of Ieyasu and the second lord of the Kishū domain in modern-day Wakayama. Rokuzaemon was devoted to Hayatama Shrine in Kumano, Kishū, and named his sake Tamanohikari, honouring the shrine's principal deities Izanagi-no-Mikoto and Izanami-no-Mikoto. Tamanohikari Sake Brewing Co., Ltd. was founded in 1949 and moved to Fushimi in 1953. Tamanohikari is known as a producer of premium junmai and ginjō sake.

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Colour / hue
Pale Yellow
Clarity
Clear
Tamanohikari Brewery is in Fushimi, an area in the south of Kyoto. Fushimi is famous for its medium hard water, which contains the perfect amount of minerals dissolved from the underlying granite layer. Tamanohikari's Junmai Daiginjo is not your usual fare. It has a fruity nose of melons with intensive notes of alcohol and faint notes of marzipan and rock sugar. What surprised us was its marked dryness, paired with a range of moderate sweet flavours; its light body unveils multiple aromatic layers on the palate, along with a slight tingle of minty spiciness and a little effervescence—a smooth sake with an exciting and deep character.

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Category
Junmai Daiginjō
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Rating
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Location
〒612-8066 京都府京都市伏見区東堺町545-2

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