Japanese Sake List
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Senkin Immortal Wing Classic Kame no O Junmai Daiginjo
Senkin Immortal Wing Classic Kame no O Junmai Daiginjo
Class: Junmai Daiginjo
Rice: Kame no O
Rice-Polishing Ratio: 50%
Brewery Location: Tochigi
Food Pairings: White fish escabeche, spring vegetables cooked in bouillon, basil spaghetti, seafood salad, cold steamed chicken, vermicelli salad, shrimp shumai, sea urchin dishes, oyster hotpot, pork stir fried with miso, salmon grilled with butter, shirako with ponzu, bean curd skin dishes, oysters, dressed ark shell.
Tasting Notes: Senkin Classic Kame no O is part of the brewery's "classic" series - sake made using traditional brewing methods. Brewed astoundingly using 100% ancient rice Kame no O - a finicky specimen that requires 100% by-hand cultivation, and furthermore one of the few pure rice strains left in Japan. The resulting sake is delicate, smartly sharp, and maintains a balance and reverence to the uniquely wild flavor of Kame no O. Highly rated by the leading U.S. wine critic Robert M. Parker Jr., this sake is best paired with Japanese cuisine and can be served at a variety of temperatures.
Size: 720ml
Location: NY NJ Distribution, CA Distribution
Brewery: Senkin Sake Brewery Co,. Inc.
Founded: 1806
Profile: Nestled in the residential backroads of Sakura city, Tochigi Prefecture, Senkin Brewery is now run by 11th generation brothers Kazuki Usui (Brewer) and Masato Usui (Toji), who work together as brewer and toji (respectively. Senkin's jizake are brighter and juicier than other sake; their focus is principally on deviating from the norm with elements of higher acidity and residual sugar levels (around -3.0).As their brewing motto is “Yokei na koto shinai” (do nothing unnecessary), all of their sake are brewed in small batches, are Muroka (unfiltered), Genshu (undiluted), and Nama (unpasteurized), as well as bottle aged in near-freezing temperatures. Applying the same concept as a Domaine or Estate, Senkin uses the same water for brewing as that which grows their rice, and they will only use contract-farmed Omachi, Yamada Nishiki, or Kame no O rice grown within 5 minutes of the brewery. They proudly implement both modern and traditional brewing methods across their various sake series.
