JUYONDAI

Since 1615, the Takagi family has continually brewed sake from generation to generation―passing on the teachings of their ancestors, as well as the importance of respecting traditions and perfecting technique without forgetting creativity and gratitude. Despite over 400 years of brewing history, Takagi Sake Brewery achieved cult-status in 1993, when the young Tatsugoro Takagi was summoned home due to a family emergency. The sudden retirement of the tōji left the brewery without a master brewer at that time when the brewery was struggling to survive. Upon returning, Takagi made the pioneering decision to take charge of sake production, and the destiny of the brewery, himself. He was determined to draw on his family’s centuries-old traditions and wisdom to create an entirely new expression―a sake that would captivate the senses from the initial aroma to the final sip. In 1994, when he was just twenty five years old, he crafted his first sake for the brewery―. His aromatic ‘hōjun uma-kuchi’ (mellow, umami) sake style was a revelation at a time when the sake market was dominated by ‘tanrei kara-kuchi’ (light, dry) styles. His sake was given the name Juyondai (or “Fourteenth Generation”), an homage to his father, Takagi XIV, and the pioneering ancestors of his family brewery. Today, with fifteenth generation Tatsugoro Takagi at the helm, the family’s sake brewery is renowned for its high quality Juyondai sake. Juyondai is so coveted amongst connoisseurs that it has become the most difficult to obtain sake in Japan. In 2017, through the international launch of Juyondai, Takagi Sake Brewery finally presented its precious sake to the world. These classic Juyondai varietals, labelled with unique identification markers, are exclusively exported directly from Takagi Sake Brewery through a minus five degree temperature controlled, traceable, genuine quality assured system to “Official Juyondai Distribution Partners” to ensure that global connoisseurs enjoy Juyondai in its optimum condition.