Michizakura "R Class" Hokkaido Junmai Sake (720ml)

Founded in Gifu Prefecture in 1877, Michizakura entered a new era when sixth-generation brewer Koji Yamada moved the family operation to Higashikawa, Hokkaido, in 2020. The town provided a publicly owned brewery, while Yamada retained control of production, allowing him to work with local rice and snowmelt from the Daisetsu mountains. R Class is the brewery’s junmai expression, made with two varieties grown in Higashikawa: Suisei for the koji rice and Nanatsuboshi for the steamed rice added to the fermentation. The Nanatsuboshi is polished to 65% of its original size. Made with a sokujo starter and yeast No. 1401, the sake is pressed in a Yabuta, filtered without charcoal and pasteurized once in bottle. Bottled at 15% ABV.