Prefecture: Yamagata
Rice & polishing: Koshihikari 'Muneoka Harukamai', polished to 55%
Style: Junmai Ginjo
Food pairings: Teriyaki chicken, tamagoyaki, grilled scallops, char siew
Taste: Mild, rice-sweet, soft, rounded
Alc.: 16%
Shiki no Matsuri is a private-label Junmai Ginjo made entirely from specially cultivated Koshihikari rice grown in Shiki City, Saitama. Tokuo Yamazaki, fourth-generation owner of the Misakiya sake shop, took part in the brewing in Yamagata himself, wanting to celebrate his hometown through sake, and travelled Japan to refine the idea before perfecting it. The handwritten characters on the label are by his daughter, then eight years old. In the glass it shows a mild aroma and a gentle sweetness of rice, balanced by soft acidity.
SMV: −3｜Acidity: 1.4
About the brewery
Shuho Shuzojo was founded in 1890 by Takeda Shogoro at Yambe-machi, at the foot of the Zao range north-east of Yamagata City. The brewery works by hand with the clear water of the mountain foot and aims for sake with a character of its own. It is notably willing to brew with newly bred rice varieties to suit contemporary palates.
店主山崎徳生氏が 「 地元志木産 の 宗岡 はるか 舞 を 使 ったお 酒 で 町 を 盛 り 上 げたい 」 という 想 いで 、 7 8 年前 に 秀鳳 に 商品化 を 相談 したことが 始 まり 。 以来地元 で 愛 され 、 祭 りで 振舞 われている 。 程 よい 吟醸香 。 米 の 甘味 。 冷酒 常温 が 適温 。 魚料理 に 合 う 煮 つけ・ 焼 き 魚等原料米埼玉県志木市産 コシヒカリ 宗岡 はるか 舞 特別栽培米 酸度 1.4 精米歩合 55%
