SAKE RICE: SHIN-TOTSUKAWA PRODUCENORTH DEW
ALCOHOL CONTENT: 16%
POLISHED RICE YIELD: 35%

IF YOU'VE HAD YAMADANISHIKI AND GOHYAKUMANGOKU AND ARE EAGER TO TRY A NICHE YET DELICIOUS SAKE RICE, THIS KITA SHIZUKU DAIGINJO BREWED WITH KITA SHIZUKU SAKE RICE IS PERFECT FOR YOU!

HOKUSHIZUKU (PRONOUNCED "NA," MEANING "DROPLET") WAS DEVELOPED IN 2014 THROUGH A HYBRID OF "GINPU" AND "COMET" SAKE RICE. HOKUSHIZUKU IS PRODUCED ONLY IN HOKKAIDO, ACCOUNTING FOR LESS THAN 1% OF THE TOTAL PRODUCTION OF JAPANESE SAKE RICE, MAKING IT A VERY RARE TYPE OF SAKE RICE. HOWEVER, AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF AN OVERALL DECLINE IN DEMAND FOR JAPANESE SAKE RICE IN RECENT YEARS, HOKUSHIZUKU, DESPITE ITS LOW BASE, HAS MAINTAINED AN ANNUAL PRODUCTION GROWTH RATE OF ABOUT 17% OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, INDICATING THAT ITS TASTE IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY POPULAR IN THE MARKET.

IN RECENT YEARS, SOME WELL-KNOWN BRANDS SUCH AS "NABESHIMA" AND "KAMIKAWA DAIXUE" HAVE TAKEN THE LEAD IN LAUNCHING SAKE BREWED WITH HOKUZAN RICE. I BELIEVE MORE PEOPLE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS SAKE RICE IN THE FUTURE. LET'S BE THE FIRST TO GIVE IT A TRY!

THIS SAKE GRINDS THE KITA NO SHIZUKU SAKE RICE TO A POLISHING RATIO OF 35%, WITH A FRAGRANCE THAT CARRIES A HINT OF GREEN APPLE. IT IS VERY REFRESHING ON THE PALATE. BASED ON THE CLEAN AND SMOOTH FINISH OF THE "GINPU" RICE, IT ADDS A TOUCH OF THE FRAGRANCE AND UMAMI OF THE "SUISEI" RICE, ACCOMPANIED BY A SLIGHT SPICINESS, MAKING IT VERY SUITABLE FOR DRINKING IN THE SLIGHTLY COOL AUTUMN SEASON. ALSO, BECAUSE OF ITS DELICATE BODY, IT IS A PERFECT MATCH FOR SASHIMI AND JAPANESE CUISINE.

ALSO FEATURED IS THE KINSHI DAIGINJO, BREWED WITH HOKKAIDO GINPU RICE, WITH A RICE POLISHING RATIO OF 33%. ITS EXTREMELY REFRESHING AND SMOOTH STYLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY POPULAR IN THE MARKET. IF YOU WANT TO COMPARE THE STYLES OF "GINPU" AND "HOKUSHIZUKU", THESE TWO WINES WOULD BE VERY SUITABLE!

THIS WINE IS LIMITED TO 1,500 BOTTLES PER YEAR. DON'T HESITATE TO TASTE THE MASTERPIECE OF THE NICHE SAKE RICE KITA NO SHIZUKU!