Japanese Sake List
Information on hundreds of Sakes, including photos of bottles, spec sheets, and brewery information
Minanogawa Junmai Ginjo
Minanogawa Junmai Ginjo
Class: Junmai Ginjo
Style: Muroka
Rice: Hitachi Nishiki
Rice-Polishing Ratio: 55%
Brewery Location: Ibaraki
Food Pairings: Pairs easily with nearly anything, but goes especially well with fish dishes and seafood.
Tasting Notes: This hearty and bold sake has a refreshing, fruit-like sweetness and a fine lingering finish. As the temperature rises gradually, the firm flavor opens even further, allowing one to feel the quality of the rice and water on one's palate.
Size: 720ml
Location: NY NJ Distribution, CA Distribution
Brewery: Inaba Shuzo
Founded: 1867
Profile: Since the close of the Edo period, approximately 150 years ago, Inaba Shuzo has used their pristine underground well water to produce their sake.
Inaba Shuzo's sake brewing philosophy is to make everything the best quality possible - even everyday, ordinary sake. In order to accomplish this, grounded by painstaking data-keeping, everything from the rice soaking to fermentation, koji rice making and pressing is accomplished with finesse by experience kurabito (brewery workers) without the use of machinery.
The two brand lines of sake Minanogawa and Inaba were named in honor of the Minanogawa River and 6th generation Toji (brew master/brewery head) Inaba Nobuko, and have been well-received both in Japan and overseas. They do not submit their sake to contests, as they brew sake only to inspire their customers.
