• Prefecture: Gifu

• Rice & polishing: Polished to 45%

• Style: Dry summer sake (seasonal)

• Food pairings: Salt-grilled fish, chilled tofu, vegetable tempura, sashimi

• Taste: Very dry, fruity, crisp, sharp

• Alc.: 15%

Kaoru Suzumi Sake is a crisp, very dry summer sake made with a yeast that brings out a fruity aroma. Within Michisakari's famously dry karakuchi line-up, this is the fragrant one, pairing a lifted, fruity nose with the house's clean finish and sharpness. It goes well with seasonal ingredients and lighter summer dishes. Chill it well to bring out the best in it.

SMV: +17

About the brewery

Michisakari brews in Kasahara, Tajimi, in eastern Gifu, and traces its founding to the An'ei era of the late Edo period. The house is known almost entirely for dry sake, working within a band of roughly +12 to +19 on the sake meter. Its aim is sake that supports a meal and invites the next glass, with sweetness, acidity, umami, bitterness and astringency held in balance.