Kizan Sanban Junmai Ginjo Nama wowed everyone at our last Tokyo Sake Meetup. Our theme was nama, and we had five really good bottles, all nama or unpasteurized. But, this one was special.

Kizan was the last bottle we opened toward the end of the tasting and meal after we had already enjoyed four different types of this year’s newly pressed sake. From the beginning, everyone was immediately impressed by the striking blue bottle. Then, taking the first sip, the powerful sweetness with a very nice balance from high acidity continued to surprise everyone.

This bottle is unpasteurized, but was aged for a year at the brewery just below freezing.

Kizan Junmai Ginjo Nama
nihonshudo -15
acidity 3.1
Brewed by Chikumanishiki Shuzo in Nagano
Web Site in Japanese: http://www.chikumanishiki.com/

Pictures from our last Tokyo Sake Meetup.

Don’t miss the opportunity to taste over 600 sake from Nagano on May 19th.
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Curious about sake? Please join us at a future Tokyo Sake Meetup!