Tenkeiraku Junmai Ginjo (72 cl)

A Junmai Ginjo sake made only from Yamada Nishiki rice, with a good balance of rich fruity aroma, sweetness and acidity. This easy drinking sake with the unique deep flavour of Yamada Nishiki rice was awarded a Bronze Medal at the London Sake Challenge 2016 and a Silver Medal at the London Sake Challenge 2018.

About the Yoshikawa Brewery

Yoshikawa is the largest sake rice production area in Niigata Prefecture. In the rice terraces that have been passed down for generations, the sake rice varieties “Gohyakumangoku” and “Yamada Nishiki” are grown. This is why this region, which is rich in brewing techniques handed down from ancient times, is also called the “home of the toji” (Toji no Sato). The region’s high schools are the only ones in Japan to have sake brewing as a subject. Graduates of this subject find employment in the many sake houses and are still active, carrying on the tradition of Yoshikawa sake making wherever they go.
In its heyday, the brewing town of Yoshikawa is said to have had as many as 27 sake houses in the Yoshikawa-cho district alone. In the summer, rice is grown, and in the winter the brewers stay in the breweries to produce the next year’s sake. This way of doing business is still in use today. The house is called “Yoshikawa – Toji no Sato” because it has inherited the skills of the master brewers who worked in the now defunct Yoshikawa sake houses. The sakes offered by the house are renowned for their umami and the visibility of local producers who are very keen on the quality of the rice used.