Basic Information

Brand: Karen

Nickname: Coy

Type: Junmai, low alcohol sake

Rice Polishing: 65%

Alcohol: 10-11%

Bottle size: 500ml Case Pack: 12 bottles

UPC Code: 844650010015

Producer

Producer: Ichishima [ichi-shima] Shuzo

Owned by: Ichishima Family

Founded: circa 1790

Location: Suwacho 3-1-17, Shibata,

Niigata, 957-0055 Japan

Web site: http://www.ichishima.jp/index2.html

Toji (Sake Master): Takeshi Tanaka

Takeshi-san has been making sake for 19 years.

Ingredients & Technical data

Rice: Gohyaku-man-goku & other rice grown in Niigata

Water: Underground water from the Iide Mountains

Yeast: Information not disclosed.

SMV: -23 Acidity: 2.9 Amino acids: 0.9

Other Information

Suggested service: Chilled

Tasting note: Aromas of lychee, apple, strawberry. Complex, sweet with good acidity.

Food pairing: Aperitif. Light seafood dishes. Ceviche.

Moderately spicy dishes. Salad.

The Ichishima family has been involved in sake making for more than 200 years since the shogun era. Currently well known for its sake museum that is open to the public and its employment of female sake makers working at the kura (sake producer).