JUNSEI BENKEI KIMOTO JUNMAIGINJO NAMAZUME
JUNSEI BENKEI KIMOTO JUNMAIGINJO NAMAZUME
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Benkei is a brewer's rice used from the Taisho period to the early Showa period.
As Yamada Nishiki became famous, production started to decrease.
Benkei brewer's rice is slightly troublesome for brewing, but the skilled brewers can bring out its high-quality Umami. The top note is akin to a green apple. There is a slightly fizzy texture, the density of sourness and sweetness is thick, and the refreshing and pleasant bitterness is a good accent and makes the layers of taste.
The Kimoto Sake, brewed carefully, has crystal-clear transparency, and the sourness brings out the good points of the cuisine exquisitely.
| YEAR | 2022 |
|---|---|
| AREA | Hyogo |
| BREWERY | Fukunishiki Shuzo |
| SMV | - |
| ACIDITY | - |
| ABV | 15.0% |
| RICE | Benkei |
| POLISH RATE | 60% |
| GRADE | Junmai Ginjo |
| SPECIALITY | Namazume(Pasteurized once) , Genshu , Muroka , Kimoto |
| NOTE | Apple |
| TASTE | Dry |
| BODY | Medium |
| AROMA | Fruit |
FUKUNISHIKI SHUZO
The brewery FUKUNISHIKI was established in 1839. Fukunishiki was pursuing the pure sake and started brewing “all Junmai sake” in 1992. Moreover, they are persistent in the rice they use as the material so they changed all their rice to the local(Kasai) rice since 1995. As we are a small...
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