Shunnoten Junmai Shu Takaozu
春鶯囀 純米酒 鷹座巣Shunnoten — Yorozuya Jozoten, Yamanashi
Dry and crisp, a bold, manly sake with a clean finish.
Specifications
- Type
- Junmai Shu
- Rice
- Not disclosed
- Rice polishing ratio
- 60%
- Yeast
- Kyokai No. 9
- Alcohol
- 15.5%
- Sake meter value
- +5
- Acidity
- 1.7
Flavor profile Jun-shu
Jun-shu — rich and umami-driven
SMV +5, high acidity of 1.7, and 60% polishing point to a restrained aroma and a full, savory body, consistent with the description of a dry, crisp, masculine junmai.
Estimated by AI from the published specifications and the brewery's description; your impression may differ.
About
The name Takaozu comes from Mount Kushigata (Takaozu-yama), at the southernmost end of the Minami Alps. Believing that a local sake should use local rice and local water, the brewery contracts with growers in Fujikawa-cho, where it is located, to grow the sake rice Tamasakae, and draws on exceptionally fine underground water (fukuryusui) from the Mount Kushigata area. The result is a junmai sake that fully embodies chisan chishō (local production for local consumption). Nurukan (warmed to 40-45°C) is recommended. Takaozu appeared in volume 82 of Oishinbo, the manga published by Shogakukan. The name Takaozu comes from a tradition that Prince Yamato Takeru, looking out from Sakaori no Miya toward the mountains of Masuho (present-day Fujikawa-cho), remarked that they resembled a hawk settling on its nest. Brewed at the brewery at the foot of the mountain in Masuho, a town of history and culture, this junmai sake carries the Takaozu name. The label color reflects the green of Mount Takaozu and the iris that blooms there.
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