Product Description

Description

Product Name: Tsuki no Katsura “How are you” Junmai Daiginjo Sake, 720ml | 月の桂 把和游 純米大吟醸 滴酒

Brewery: Masuda Tokubee Shoten Co., Ltd. | 株式会社増田德兵衞商店

Sake Classification:  Junmai Daiginjo | 純米大吟醸 | 17 % ABV | 720ml

Area: Fushimi, Kyoto |  京都 伏見

Serving Recommendations:  Consume at temperature range from ~ 6 °C to 13 °C

♦“How are you?” Junmai Daiginjo is Tsuki no Katsura’s masterpiece sake made from Yamada Nishiki rice produced in “Special A District” of Hyogo prefecture. The rice is polished down to 35% and is brewed slowly at a low temperature. Instead of undergoing modern mechanical pressing, a bag hanging technique is used by hanging the fermented sake mash in a cloth bag, and carefully collecting the sake which drips freely under gravity, without applying any pressure on it. 

This well-balanced and sophisticated sake has an elegant taste with a pleasant lily-like aroma, a harmonious sweet and sour taste, and a slightly dry and crisp finish. 

The name “How are you?” was created by a famous Japanese composer Mr. Dan Ikuma (團伊玖磨), who is Masuda family’s distant relative by marriage. Mr. Ikuma actively promoted cultural exchange with China and is very fond of Chinese characters (Kanji). One evening Mr. Ikuma and his wife were playing a game of idiom names in Kanji, and decided to name their favourite sake “把和游”. Since the name “把和游 (はわゆう Hawayu)” sounds very similar to “How are you” when read in English, Tsuki no Katsura adopted “How are you?” as the official brand name for this sake as it has a sense of spirit that you won’t forget once you hear it. 

♦A few words about sake storage

Sake changes its color and flavor over time, especially when exposed to direct light and fluctuating temperatures. Therefore, the best way to store sake is in a dark and cool place. At Taste of Japan, we invested energy efficient cooling facilities to store our sake at below 3 °C for long term maturation.