Japanese Sake List
Information on hundreds of Sakes, including photos of bottles, spec sheets, and brewery information
Yamato Shizuku Misato Nishiki Junmai Ginjo
Yamato Shizuku Misato Nishiki Junmai Ginjo
Class: Junmai Ginjo
Rice: Misato Nishiki
Rice-Polishing Ratio: 50%
Brewery Location: Akita
Food Pairings: Salad, Marinated Seafood, Tofu, Root Vegetables, Grilled Fish, Roast Beef, Korean Seaweed.
Tasting Notes: Uses 100% Misato Nishiki from Akita Prefecture. The chief brewer both personally cultivates sake rice and takes responsibility for brewing, a rarity in sake brewing. The sake is directly bottled after pressing, so it contains some carbon dioxide. You can enjoy not only Japanese food, but also Chinese, Italian, and French with a sense of wine. Muroka and Namazume.
Size: 720ml
Location: NY NJ Distribution
Brewery: Akita Seishu
Founded: 1865
Profile: In 1865, the company “Yamato-shuzouten” was founded in the area of Minaminaraoka（Currently Daisen-city) by Ito Juushiro who was the 12th head of the Ito Family. The brand name Yamatoshizuku originated from “Yamato Brewery” which was the first company name on the date of establishment in 1865. “Yamato is the trade name of the Ito family, and in the brewery, there are trade marks of “Yamato” everywhere even now. 150 years on, they still work with the same spirit as the brewery founders in the past. Their philosophy is to brew original and strictly local sake by only using particular local rice and water from within a 10km radius.
