Banshu Ikkon 'Kita Nishiki - Super Dry' Junmai Sake

Brewery: Sanyohai Brewery • Prefecture: Hyogo •  Rice: Hyogo grown Kita Nishiki milled to 60%  • Yeast: Kyokai #901  •   Water: Soft Hyonosen mountain water  •  Sake Meter Value: +10  • Acidity: 1.7  •  ABV: 15% 

• Made from local Kita Nishiki rice, which lends the sake a clear structure and sharp finish.
• Aromas of green apple give way to a creamy body with silken textures and resolving with a spicy, dry finish.
• Works well with soy flavored dishes, marinated raw tuna, sea bream carpaccio, or in-season fresh tomatoes.

This Junmai sake from Banshu Ikkon is a beautifully lean structured sake, light bodied and linear, with the distinctive bright and spicy finish unique to brewmaster Yuichi Tsubosaka. While Kita Nishiki is a rice developed locally in Hyogo it is more characteristic of rice grown in the far north, with a firm grain that dissolves more slowly, producing sake of tight structure and clean flavors as opposed to the luscious rice types that made the area famous. It does retain a brightness of character unique to the region, and typical of all Banshu Ikkon sake.