Housen Nami no Oto Junmai Ginjo Leiro Sake

Housen Nami no Oto Jumai Ginjo Leiro Sake is produced by the Sasaki Sake Brewery in Natori in Miyagi Prefecture. The brewery was built in 1871. Miyagi sake is considered to be one of the highest quality in Japan and has also won many awards. Unfortunately, the devastating tsunami in 2011 hit the prefecture hard and the Sasaki Brewery was almost completely destroyed. However, in the following winter of 2012, Sasaki set up a temporary brewery and began brewing sake again. The sake kura has since been completely rebuilt in its old location. Now, 150 years of experience meet state-of-the-art technology at Sasaki, making sake more exciting than ever before. The Nami No Oto Leiro Sake has an intense aroma of ripe fruit such as melon and pear, but is quite dry, soft and crisp at the same time. The finish reveals lactic notes of cheesecake. The beautiful umami notes round off this great Junmai Ginjo. This sake should definitely be drunk well chilled. We recommend a special sake glass or alternatively a white wine glass

In food pairing, Leiro sake goes very well with meat and grilled fish, but also with beef carpaccio and cheese. Incidentally, "Housen" means treasure ship and "Nami no Oto" means the sound of the waves.

Tasting notes
Nose: Ripe fruit of melon and pear.

Taste: Rice aroma, umami, cheesecake.

Character: Fresh, crisp, slightly astringent, complex, full-bodied.

Find out more about sake from Miyagi Prefecture here.

Junmai Ginjo Sake
Japanese alcoholic drink based on rice
Rice polish: 55%
Rice variety: Toyonishiki (Miyagi)
Sake Meter Value: -1
Net quantity: 720 ml
Alcohol: 15% vol
For sale to persons of legal age only
Importer: Ginza Berlin GmbH, Pfalzburger Straße 20, 10719 Berlin

Sasaki Shuzo was founded in 1871 in Natori in the Yuriage district of Miyagi Prefecture. Sake Kura is run by two brothers in the fifth generation. While the younger brother, Toji, is responsible for sake production, the older brother takes care of the overall management and administration of the brewery. Like almost every sake brewery in Miyagi, the devastating tsunami in 2011 hit the Sasaki brewery very hard. The company headquarters building, which was a registered tangible cultural asset of Japan, was completely destroyed. Fortunately, the production warehouse, located on a slightly elevated area, was spared by the tsunami. The two brothers received support from all over the country to rebuild the brewery. First, a temporary brewery was built in the Natori City Reconstruction Industrial Park to resume production. In 2019, a new sake brewery was built at the old site. The new brewery now combines state-of-the-art technology with five generations of experience, making Sasaki sake more exciting than ever before. The town of Natori is blessed with the best water from the river of the same name and the Abukuba River. Sasaki uses almost exclusively local rice from Miyagi Prefecture for its sake.