【Same in-bottle secondary fermentation as Champagne】
【Kura Master 2024 Gold Award】
【2020 International WINE Challenge IWC Silver Award】
[Manufacturing year: Manufacturing year: Feb 2025 ~ Apr 2025]
【Yamanashi Prefecture GI Sparkling Sake】
ZJ158 - Yamanashi Minjiu Seven Sages Yamanoka Sparkling Sake
Price: $215/bottle
Production area: Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Brewing name: Yamanashi Meijo
Raw rice: Japanese domestic rice
Rice polishing step: N/A
Alcohol content: 11%
Capacity: 720ml
Introduction: Yamanashi Meijo has developed sparkling sake after five years of research. Like champagne, it is made using the secondary fermentation method in the bottle. When you enter the mouth, you will first feel the sweetness and umami flavor of rice, followed by a strong fruity aroma, followed by fine bubbles, and finally a slight fruity sweetness. It is worth mentioning that the wine has the Yamanashi Prefecture GI geographical label. To obtain this label, it must meet the following three conditions: use Japanese domestic rice, use eight major water systems in Yamanashi Prefecture, and use up to 10% brewing alcohol to highlight Yamanashi Prefecture. Particularly excellent water quality and terroir.
The sake brewer specially leaves a little mash (rice residue) in the liquor, which adds flavor and taste. The brewer even described it as follows: "The bubbles and rice clouds dance softly and smoothly in the glass, like floating on the Kaikogake Mountains." Like a mist.
【Yamanashi famous brew】
Yamanashi Meishu was founded in 1750. The first president was Mr. Kitahara Ihei. He had a special liking for the clear and sweet water of Hakushu, so he chose to brew wine there. Now in its 12th generation, the company upholds the belief of passing on Japanese culture and brewing techniques from generation to generation. In 1835, in order to celebrate the completion of a new sake brewery, the nobles of Shinshu (Nagano Prefecture) specially presented an ancient screen engraved with the Seven Sages of the Chinese Bamboo Forest, hence the name "Seven Sages".