• Prefecture: Saga

• Rice & polishing: Yamada Nishiki, polished to 55%

• Style: Junmai Ginjo

• Food pairings: Sushi, seafood, pickled vegetables, bitter greens such as bitter gourd

• Taste: Fruity, balanced, citrusy, lightly bitter

• Alc.: 16%

A gentle, lavish ginjo aroma of peach opens this Junmai Ginjo from Koimari's Saki line, made with Yamada Nishiki polished to 55% and soft water from the Ryumon river system. The palate has a slight natural spritz and a fine balance of sweetness and acidity, with ripe mango, pear, blood orange and white peach, a touch of mint and the crunch of Fuji apple. A faint grapefruit-like bitterness rounds off the finish. Serve chilled with seafood or sushi.

SMV: ±0

2026 Kura Master — Gold (Junmai 51-65%) 2024 Kura Master — Gold (Junmai) 2023 Kura Master — Platinum (Junmai)

About the brewery

The Maeda family ran a kimono business in the Edo period before Maeda Kenshichi turned to brewing at Imari, Saga, in 1909. The Koimari mark, named after the porcelain the town is known for, followed in 1971, and the more modern Saki line was added in 2008. The brewery is now led by fourth-generation president Kumiko Maeda, who aims to keep to the house's history while looking for the form sake should take today.

古伊万里 前(さき) 純米吟醸

2019年6月、恒例の全米日本酒歓評会がハワイ州ホノルル市で開催されました。3日間で512銘柄の出品酒を香り、味、バランス、総合評価の4つのカテゴリーで審査。その結果、吟醸部門にて「古伊万里　前(さき)　純米吟醸」が金賞を受賞致しました。爽やかに、そして華やかに香る美しい吟醸香。一口目に直感的に感じる、透明感のあるさらりとした艶やかなタッチと、みずみずしさのある甘味が流れるように広がり、佐賀地酒らしい濃醇な甘味を宿しながらも、近年人気を集める「芳醇淡麗タイプ」の酒質を見事に表現しています。