Basic information

Brand: Koshi no Omachi [koh-shi-no oh-machi]

Type of sake: Junmai

Seimai Buai: Rice milled to 70 %

Alcohol: 15.5% by volume

Size & UPC: 720ml, 12-pack UPC: 844650040036

Producer

Producer: Minogawa [meeno-gawa] Shuzo Founded: 1827

Owned by: Matsumoto Family

Location: 2-13-31 Miyahara, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata 940-0083 Japan

Website: www.niigatasake.com

Toji (Master Brewer): Masayuki Tanaka

Ingredients & Technical data

Rice: "Omachi" rice, one of the best and oldest sake rice varieties

and the hardest to grow, is cultivated by contract growers

in the region only to produce the Koshino Omachi.

Water: Underground water currents from the Shinano River and the Higashiyama mountains are pumped up from the 90 meter deep

on-site well. Soft water.

Yeast:　 Kyokai #9

No sulfites, no preservatives.

SMV: +3 Acidity: 1.4 Amino acids:

Other information

Serving temp.: Room temp., lukewarm, or warm

Tasting note: Umami-rich, rice-laced flavors, medium dry.

Food pairing: Grilled seafood, Gyoza, Asian hotpot such as Japanese nabe and Chinese huo guo, Vietnamese spring rolls,

Carrots and tarako(cod roe) pan-fried with sesame oil or olive oil,

Linguine with clams and garlic, Scallop seared and sautéed with butter.

Minogawa Shuzo won Gold Awards at the Japan National Sake Appraisal, the most prestigious competition for premium sake, for four years in a row in 2009 – 2012.