This is Hakkaisan’s classic sake and it has a smooth and mellow taste that you will always find refreshing. You can enjoy it either warm or chilled. When gently heated, the delicate aroma is enhanced.

This is Hakkaisan’s classic sake and it has a smooth and mellow taste that you will always find refreshing. You can enjoy it either warm or chilled. When gently heated, the delicate aroma is enhanced.

Slightly fuller and chewier than the Hakurakusei Tokubetsu Junmai, it shares the house style: clean and zippy and remarkably food friendly. Enjoying this out of glassware with plenty of room to breathe can really unlock its nuances, once you catch a touch of grapefruit or melon it disappears. Just full enough to stand up to richer and sweeter foods like simmered Japanese nimono dishes or to cut through chicken liver mousse. And if you’ve never tried the heavenly combination of sake and caviar, this is the place to start. Made from lesser known varietal Kura no Hana rice milled to 55%.

Classic example of a modern sake style, the Hakurakusei Tokubetsu Junmai is laser focused, a clean, direct sake bursting with vitality. Nuances of apricot and peach and faint notes of citrus zest. Fresh and alive with a tingly finish, this sake is designed to stimulate the appetite and to complement light and delicate dishes without overwhelming them. Particularly good with a variety of sashimi or summer salads. High quality Yamada Nishiki rice from Hyogo prefecture milled to 60%