Basic Information

Brand: DAKU [dakoo]

Type: Nigori (un-filtered), Junmai.

Rice polishing: 70 %

Alcohol: 15-16% in volume

Bottle size: 500 ml Case pack: 12 bottles

UPC Code: 844650045024

Producer

Producer: Musashino [mu-sashi-no] Shuzo

Owned by: Kobayashi Family

Location: 4-7-46 Nishiro-cho, Joetsu-city, Niigata 943-0834 Japan

Founded: 1916 (takeover)

Website: http://www.musashino-shuzo.com/

Toji (Sake Master): Kenji Fujii

Kenji-san has been making sake for four decades at Musashino

and has spent the last 10 as a sake master.

Ingredients & Technical data

Rice: Gohyaku-man-goku, Koshi-Ibuki

Water: Soft water. Yeast: S-3

SMV: - 12 Acidity: 1.7 Amino acids: 1.3

Other information

Serving temp.: Serve chilled. Shake the bottle before opening it.

Tasting note: mild & creamy.

Food pairing: Spicy food, teriyaki, hot pots

Shelf life: 12 months or more in a refrigerator.

6 months in a closed room at temperature of 55 deg F or lower.

3 months in a store at 55 deg F.

1 month in a store with no temperature control.

Musashino won the highest position in the Niigata competition among the region's more than 80 producers in March of 2005.