Michizakura "Yamadanishiki 50" Junmai Daiginjo Hokkaido Sake (720ml)

Michizakura was founded by the Yamada family in Gifu Prefecture in 1877. In 2020, sixth-generation brewer Koji Yamada moved the operation north to Higashikawa, Hokkaido, where a modern, publicly owned brewery gave him the opportunity to work with the region’s cool climate, local rice and mountain water. This junmai daiginjo is made entirely from Yamadanishiki grown in Ashibetsu, Hokkaido, with both the koji rice and the rice added to fermentation polished to 50% of their original size. The brewery uses yellow koji, a sokujo starter and yeast No. 1401, then presses the sake in a Yabuta. It is filtered without charcoal and pasteurized once in bottle. Bottled at 15% ABV.