SHICHIDA Junmai-Ginjo
Yamada Nishiki and Saga no Hana: white peach and white flowers over soft rice umami, with a fine, long finish.
Two rice varieties, joining aroma and umami
SHICHIDA Junmai-Ginjo is made with Yamada Nishiki and Saga no Hana rice, polished to 55%. ABV is 16%, with a sake meter value of around +1. A gentle aroma and the rice’s umami are joined by mild acidity.
No water is added after pressing, and no activated-charcoal filtration is used; it is finished with a single pasteurisation. Rather than leaning on fragrance alone, it carries SHICHIDA’s characteristic balance, built to accompany food through a meal.
Aroma and taste profile
A gentle aroma of white peach and white blossom. There is a soft sweetness on entry, opening into acidity and rice umami through the middle. The finish is fine and long, continuing without any heaviness.
That fine, extended finish is the through-line of this bottling.
SHICHIDA / TENZAN · Tenzan Sake Brewery · Saga
Tenzan Sake Brewery is based in Ogi City, Saga Prefecture. Building on a water-wheel business begun in 1861, the brewery turned to sake production in 1875. Drawing on groundwater from the Gion River system, it has brewed sake that gives the rice’s umami a firm core.
SHICHIDA is a brand launched in 2001 by Kensuke Shichida, the brewery’s sixth-generation owner. It pursues a balance of aroma, umami and finish suited to the modern table, while making the most of the differences between rice varieties.
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At the table
Its soft fruit aroma and rice umami suit grilled fish, aromatic vegetables and light fried dishes, bridging the food’s savoury notes with the sake’s gentle acidity.
- Salt-grilled hoke (Atka mackerel)
- Bamboo-shoot tempura
- Seared bonito (katsuo tataki)
- Grilled white fish
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