Japanese Sake List
Information on hundreds of Sakes, including photos of bottles, spec sheets, and brewery information
Sakaegawa Chidoriashi Honjozo
Sakaegawa Chidoriashi Honjozo
Class: Honjozo
Rice: Gohyakumangoku
Rice-Polishing Ratio: 60%
Brewery Location: Fukushima
Food Pairings: Japanese Cuisine, Fish or Seafood Dishes.
Tasting Notes: Brilliant flavors of grain and citrus bloom into a pleasant bitterness, and juxtapose the light body and semi-dry finish of this slowly brewed Gohyakumangoku sake very evenly.
Size: 720ml
Location: NY NJ Distribution
Brewery: Sakaegawa Shuzo
Founded: 1807
Profile: Sakaegawa Shuzo (a member of the Fukushima Prefectural Sake Brewers Cooperative) was established in 1807, and had previously been a sake shop. Now run by the 15th generation family head, they brew sake primarily with subterranean water from the local Iide mountain range, and Gohyakumangoku rice grown in their local Aizu region.
