Experience the best sake Niigata Prefecture has to offer with this refined bottle of Manju junmai daiginjo-grade sake. Part of the Kubota series by Asahi brewery, this premium junmai daiginjo variety has a fruity aroma with flavours of honeysuckle and Fuji apple with subtle notes of spiced pear. Best enjoyed chilled or at room temperature.

Type: Junmai Daiginjo
Flavour: Medium dry
Drinking Temperature: Cold (4-5℃) or at room temperature
Food Pairing: Seasonal vegetable dishes, seafood.

Kubota is a top quality sake from Asahi-Shuzo located at Niigata in the Northern part of the main island Honshu. The style is “Tanrei Karakuchi”, meaning crisp and dry sake. To be enjoyed cool or chilled.

Senjyu is one of the more accessible brews produced under the Kubota brand. It’s mild and created to suit any type of meal. It opens light, and then follow aromas of green melon and citrus fruits.

An attractive pale gold color, which is reflected in its golden label. Being pasteurized only once immediately before shipping and lacking carbon filtration giving the sake a refreshing scent and flavor. The sake has a cloudy appearance to it because it is unfiltered when it is squeezed. The cloudyness comes from the squeezed rice, which is an essential ingredient of the liquor.

Born Gold holds true to its name, being a gold prize winner in the 2016 US National Sake Appraisal. Served cold.

It’s made of highest quality Yamadanishiki rice from the special region “A” of Hyogo prefecture. One year aged as “namazake” (unpasteurized sake) under 0 (zero) degree C and pasteurized just before shipping. This is Tokubetsu Junmai, but rice polishing ratio is very high =50% as Junmai Daiginjo. Bright citrussy, grapefruits note, great fragrance with delicate fruity sweetness, long elegant balanced pungent. Very aromatic, clean and refreshing sake.

2013 – 2015 US National Sake Appraisal

– Gold for 3 consecutive years
2016 Kobe IWC – Gold
2016 US National Sake Appraisal – Silver
2016 Los Angeles International Spirits Competition – Gold

The Born Tokusen is a Junmai Daiginjo you can break out on special occasions or with an elegant dinner date. This sake is aged for a minimum of two years at 0c to bring out deep, fruity flavors that compliment buttery dishes as well as delicate Japanese food. With each sip you will experience a harmonious blend of poached pear, green apple, and vanilla that ends with a strong finish. The rich tastes are sure to satisfy novice and experienced drinkers alike, so grab a bottle for as a gift or to enjoy yourself. Serve at the temperature of your choice.

This expressive Daiginjo has been aged for over two years and has a nose filled with cherries, red grapes, yellow peppers and iceberg lettuce. Simple complexity! This is one of those brews that everybody should try at least once. Why? Because it is without borders – the flavor is so unique and the fluid itself is even more baffling. It’s as if the sake expands in your mouth, almost a springing back into shape feeling after being muted by the two years of aging. It is so calm and yet so dynamic. There is layer of fruit – strawberry – on a clean and “bouncy” fluid wing. The expansion of feeling and flavor factor is so impressive!

Made with Yamada Nishiki genmai brown rice milled down to the lowest percentage of 23%, this particular Dassai pays particular attention to its rice milling process, creating a brew that’s delicately sweet like honey yet with a crisp aftertaste. Best enjoyed chilled in a wine glass to better enjoy its distinct aroma. With a nose of grapes, flowers, strawberries and mineral water the flavor is as luscious as the aroma. Dassai is a clean and plump Daiginjo with chapters of flavors wrapped in a deep and layered structure.

Type: Junmai Daiginjo Sake
Flavour: Medium dry
Drinking Temperature: Chilled (10-12°C) or at room temperature.
Food Pairing: Dishes with seasonal vegetables, fish, cheese or tofu. Also pairs well with dashi stock or miso based dishes.

Made with Yamada Nishiki genmai brown rice milled down to the lowest percentage of 23%, this particular Dassai pays particular attention to its rice milling process, creating a brew that’s delicately sweet like honey yet with a crisp aftertaste. Best enjoyed chilled in a wine glass to better enjoy its distinct aroma. With a nose of grapes, flowers, strawberries and mineral water the flavor is as luscious as the aroma. Dassai is a clean and plump Daiginjo with chapters of flavors wrapped in a deep and layered structure.

Type: Junmai Daiginjo Sake
Flavour: Medium dry
Drinking Temperature: Chilled (10-12°C) or at room temperature.
Food Pairing: Dishes with seasonal vegetables, fish, cheese or tofu. Also pairs well with dashi stock or miso based dishes.

DASSAI 39 Junmai Daiginjo 720ML. From the Yamaguchi prefecture of Japan comes a unique and elegant sake experience for one that wants the best that the world of sake has to offer. Contains 16% alcohol. Rice milling of 39%, highest of all commercial sake. Gorgeous aroma of melons and peaches, and elegant, long dry finish.

Aroma: rice, apple, honeydew, and strawberry
Palate: Hints of pear, apple, blueberry and honeydew
Finish: long finish

DASSAI 45 Junmai Daiginjo 1.8L. This sake has an older brother Daiginjo that has an industry leading milling rate of 23. Dassai 45 has a collection of sweet aromas including grape juice, cotton candy, and a hint of lemonade.

This Daiginjo has a full-figured flavor that rushes chewy fruit tones to all corners of your mouth.

It is wide and heavy with lots of expansive elements that talk to those who like a mouthful.

Pay attention for a hint of anise and sneaky mild veggie aftertaste.

The subtle sweetness including grape and berries becomes more pronounced when the fluid warms in the mouth.