Tasting and Pairing
This avant-garde sake boasts a rich yet smooth body with a low 12% alcohol content, a captivating vanilla aroma, profound sweetness, and a prolonged finish, making it versatile enough to pair with a wide range of French and Japanese dishes.
Food Pairing
French and Italian appetizers, stewed meats, aged Japanese beef steaks, foie gras, cream pastas, cured ham, cheeses, and desserts (Japanese, Western, or Chinese)
Best served at
5-10℃
Best served in
Burgundy glass
Specifications
Alcohol
12
%
Polishing Ratio
55
%
Rice
Hitomebore (first-grade from Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture)
Water
Underground water from the foot of Izumigatake Mountain (Sendai)
Retail Price
¥3,500 (720ml)
Prizes & Awards
London Sake Challenge 2019 Platinum
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