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Ama No To - Heaven's Door Tokubetsu Junmai Sake (300ml)
Ama No To Description
"Go local" is the motto of this Akita-based brewery. All the sake brewing resources and staff are from Akita, which is not so usual as breweries often the source rice and even labor from other prefectures. Ginnosei rice is grown within sight of the brewery.
Sake Facts
Quality Grade: Tokubetsu Junmai
Seimaibuai: 55% (45% of rice grain polished away)
Rice: Ginnosei
Yeast: #AK-1
Nihonshu-do: 4
Alcohol: 16.2%
Acidity: 1.5
Tasting Notes/Food Pairing:
With sweet rice aromas surrounded with floral fresh herb spiciness, this slightly dry, medium-bodied sake has mouthwatering apple flavors with an agreeable earthiness on the mid-palate. Clean and focused on the finish that accentuates its rice-like qualities.
Brewery Facts
Brewery Name: Asamai Shuzo
Brewery Founded: 1917
Brewery Location: Akita Prefecture
Toji (master brewer): Koichi Maoriya
Stephen Tanzer
Very pale yellow-straw color. Spicy, assertive aromas of green apple, flowers, mint and fresh herbs. Juicy, lively and light on its feet, with subtle fruitiness in a rather ethereal style. Complex and refined. From all locally grown rice
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