Watari Bune The 55 Junmai Ginjo Sake (BTL 720ml)

President Takaaki Yamauchi tells us that their brewery is unique in that they support local farmers of Ibaraki by using native Watari Bune rice. This particular junmai ginjo is fruit-forward and juicy with aromas of pineapple, melon, and banana with a minerality in its flavor. We worked with our certified cheese professional friend Kevin Corcoran in 2021 for our annual Sakqueso (sake and cheese) feature and event on the perfect cheese pairing for this sake. Corcoran recounts the winning cheese: "This sake worked very well with the soft creamy sheep cheese, Brebirousse d’Argental, as we found a ‘third flavor’ emerging from the intersection of cheese and sake where sweet, nutty, fatty, earthy flavors mingled in complex and pleasant ways." Try this sake in a wine glass slightly chilled. 

Features

• Junmai Ginjo 
• Seimaibuai (rice kernel remaining): Watari Bune 55%, SMV +3
• Brewed in Ibaraki, Japan at Huchu Homare Brewery
• 24 fl oz (720ml)
• 15% ALC/VOL