• Prefecture: Akita

• Rice & polishing: Yamada Nishiki, polished to 35%

• Style: Junmai Daiginjo (unpasteurised, shizuku-dori)

• Food pairings: Sashimi, delicate white fish, light appetisers

• Taste: Gorgeous aroma, clear, elegant, pure

• Alc.: 16%

Shizuku-dori is the highest quality of pressing: the moromi is hung in sake bags and only the drops that fall naturally are collected. This individually numbered, unblended Junmai Daiginjo nama sake is the flagship of Yuki no Bosha, with an elegant aroma and flavour. Enjoy its gorgeous aroma and clear taste.

About the brewery

Saiya Shuzoten was founded in Yurihonjo, Akita, in 1902. Its buildings climb a natural slope so rice moves downhill by gravity as it becomes sake, and water springs from the site itself. Under toji Toichi Takahashi the house works without paddle stirring, filtration or added water, and has cultured its own yeast for more than thirty years.