NOGUCHI NAOHIKO Yume Zukuri
Nine yamahai genshu, selected from five rice varieties across seven vintages and blended into one.
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Nine base sakes, woven into a prayer for Noto
Yume Zukuri is a special sake born from a wish for Noto’s recovery. From Naohiko Noguchi’s yamahai genshu, five rice varieties and vintages spanning seven years were selected and layered into nine components. The collaborator was master blender Seiichi Koshimizu, known for his work on Hibiki and Yamazaki 50 Year. The philosophies of sake maturation and whisky blending are brought together in one quiet harmony.
A quiet harmony, layered by design
Crisp clarity, layered rice umami and a soft acidity all appear together in one many-layered character, built from nine components, five rice varieties and vintages spanning seven years. Rather than settling into a single impression, it is a sake made for maturation and harmony.
The nine components hold together in quiet balance, without settling into a single note.
NOGUCHI NAOHIKO · Noguchi Naohiko Sake Institute · Ishikawa
Founded in 2017 to carry the techniques, spirit and way of life of master toji Naohiko Noguchi forward to the next generation, the institute is based in Kannonge, Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture. Working with water, rice and time, it carefully brews sake of varying character — from junmai and yamahai to vintage unfiltered nama-genshu.
On 16 October 2026, on the recommendation of Japan’s Council for Cultural Affairs, Naohiko Noguchi was named a holder of the Important Intangible Cultural Property “ginjo-zukuri” — commonly known as a Living National Treasure. Ginjo-zukuri is the first sake-making technique to be chosen. Read the story
Question 1
How many base sakes are combined?
- Nine
- Five
- Two
Read the answer and explanation
Correct answer: A — Nine
Answer: Nine. The linked section gives the source detail.
Question 2
What type of sake forms the basis?
- Pasteurised ginjo
- Yamahai genshu
- Wine-cask-matured sake
Read the answer and explanation
Correct answer: B — Yamahai genshu
Answer: Yamahai genshu. The linked section gives the source detail.
Question 3
How many years do the vintages span?
- One
- Three
- Seven
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Correct answer: C — Seven
Answer: Seven. The linked section gives the source detail.
A layered blend that changes with temperature
The distillery does not publish official food pairings. What follows are four directions read from the profile already stated on this page — “a crisp clarity at low temperature, overlapping umami at room temperature, and a soft acidity once gently warmed” — combined with the structure of a blend built from nine yamahai genshu sake. Because the lactic acidity of yamahai brewing and a white-wine-like astringency sit in layers here, this sake meets food through a layering of taste rather than through a single dominant aroma.
Food-pairing literature notes that aromas from heat or fermentation tend to harmonise when paired with aromas in the same register. This sake’s layered acidity and astringency meet food through that alignment of direction rather than through the strength of any single aroma.
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