Tasting and Pairing
This Junmai Ginjo sake offers a sophisticated pineapple-like aroma and silky taste, paired with a refined medium body that elegantly persists on the palate.
Food Pairing
Tuna medium fatty tuna sashimi and sushi, grilled black throat, beef lean steak with wasabi soy sauce, shabu-shabu, tuna and guacamole tartar, pork galantine, xiaolongbao, yakisoba, etc.
Best served at
About 10℃
Best served in
White wine glass
Specifications
Alcohol
16
%
Polishing Ratio
50
%
Rice
Yamadanishiki (Hyogo Prefecture)
Water
Underground water from the foot of Izumigatake Mountain (Sendai)
Retail Price
¥2,650 (720ml), ¥5,600 (1800ml)
Prizes & Awards
SAKE COMPETITION 2015 & 2016 Junmai Ginjo Category 1st Prize for 2 consecutive years
INTERNATIONAL WINE CHALLENGE 2019 SAKE Junmai Ginjo Class Trophy Award & "Champion Sake" in the SAKE category
Kura Master 2022 Gold Award
The Brewery
Founded in 1688, Katsuyama is the sole remaining official brewery of the Date family from the Sendai clan, dedicated to preserving the 800-year legacy and traditions of the Date family. It is also a forward-thinking brewery, once managing restaurants in Paris and Florence and currently operating Tohoku's premier music school, a wedding hall, and several authentic restaurants in Sendai City. Katsuyama consistently innovates, offering sakes that pair globally with various cuisines and introducing breakthroughs like luxury centrifugal pressing and terroir concepts, as well as sakes akin to noble rot wines and those that complement cigars.
Brewery Name
Katsuyama Brewery
Founded
1688
Generation
Location
Futamata-25-1 Fukuoka, Izumi Ward, Sendai, Miyagi 981-3225
Brewmaster
Kosho Goto
President
Shohei Izawa