Tsuki no Katsura “How are you” Junmai Daiginjo Sake, 720ml [Kyoto]
£99.99
Tsuki no Katsura “How are you” Junmai Daiginjo Sake, 720ml [Kyoto]
£99.99
Free UK Delivery (No Additional Charges)
England, Wales, Scotland (including Highlands and Islands of Scotland), Isle of Man, Jersey, Northern Ireland and Isles of Scilly.
Buy any 2 bottles of our Sake, Shochu or Liqueur and save £5. Max 12 bottles per order.
組み合わせは自由。2本購入する毎に£5お値引き。最大12本まで。
Free UK Delivery (No Additional Charges)
England, Wales, Scotland (including Highlands and Islands of Scotland), Isle of Man, Jersey, Northern Ireland and Isles of Scilly.
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.
Additional information
Weight
SKU
JP-AL-00035_R
Rice Polishing Ratio
35%
Ingredients
Rice, Rice Koji, Water
Storage Condition
Before open: Store in a cool, dry and dark place or in a refrigerator (around 5 °C). After opened: Keep refrigerated at around 5 °C
Number in Pack
1
Manufacturers
Masuda Tokubee Shoten Co., Ltd.
Manufacturer Part Number (MPN)
JP-AL-00035
Brewery backstory
“The river water of Katsura in the clear moon is drawn at night and prospers to the world.”
This poem, written by a man called Anenkoji Arinaga, has defined the history of the Tsuki no Katsura brewery. Possibly the oldest brewery in the legendary sake brewing region of Fushimi, Tsuki no Katsura was founded in 1675.
Founded by the Musada family, sake has been made at the brewery for 14 generations and the family has been innovating for years.
Interesting facts:
– Tsuki no Katsura sake is known as ‘literary sake’ because a lot of creatives and writers have a taste for it!
– In 1964, the brewery was responsible for creating the nigori (cloudy) sake category.
– The brewery works with a special kind of sake rice called Iwai with rice farmers in Kyoto.
About Fushimi:
Fushimi is one of the most famous sake brewing regions in Japan. Home to one of the three chief sake-making guilds, Nanbu Toji, the region is known for its soft, spring water.
This water comes from the famous ‘Seven Wells of Fushimi’ that has been essential in making Fushimi sake since ancient times. Because of the soft quality of the water, Fushimi sake is sometimes called onna-zake (women sake)