Prefecture: Ehime
Rice & polishing: Matsuyama Mii, polished to 60%
Style: Junmai, single-tank annual release
Food pairings: Sea bream sashimi, salt-grilled fish, pork shabu-shabu, oden
Taste: Savoury, rounded, umami-rich, food-friendly
Single Tank No. 9 is a once-a-year release, bottled from a single tank pressed that season before any blending takes place. Each tank has its own personality, so every edition offers a distinctive snapshot of that year's brewing. It is a junmai made with Matsuyama Mii rice polished to 60%, from a brewery whose house style favours low-temperature maturation to build umami, with drinking alongside food firmly in mind. Serve chilled or at room temperature.
About the brewery
Seiryo Shuzo has brewed at Shifu in Saijo, Ehime, since 1877, when the ninth-generation head of the Kagiya family turned the household business to sake; the family name recalls their earlier role as keepers of the key to the village rice store. It brews with subsoil water from the sacred Mt. Ishizuchi and Ehime-grown rice. The Iyo Kagiya house style favours low-temperature maturation to build umami and an unfiltered finish, aimed squarely at drinking with food.
今年の純米吟醸は同スペックで6種を仕込みました。全て同じお米「松山三井」、そして同じ酵母です。今年は天候にも恵まれ、いい寒さの中、どのタンクのお酒も理想的なお米の溶け具合で、良き仕上がりとなっています。それゆえにこの選抜作業は例年以上に甲乙つけがたく難しいものでした。数ある中からこのタンク酒を選抜した理由は、香り・味わい・バランス力はもちろんの事、”まろやか”さが最も印象的だったからです。伊予賀儀屋の代名詞でもある「飲み飽きしない酒」としてのポテンシャルも高く、熟成させていく面白さも秘めた1本だと思います。
酒度：N/A、原料米：松山三井、精米歩合：60％
