Basic Information
Brand: Manotsuru [mauno-tsuru]
Nickname : gFour Diamondsh
Type: Junmai Ginjo, Genshu (un-diluted)
Rice Polishing: 55 %
Alcohol: 17-18%
Size & UPC code:
500 ml, 12-pack, UPC 844650050028
Producer
Producer: Obata Shuzo
Owned by: Obata Family Founded: 1892
Location: 449,
Manoshinmachi, Sado-city,
Niigata 952-0318, Japan
Website:@ http://www.obata-shuzo.com/en/Default.htm
Toji (Sake
Master):
Kenya Kudo – Kenya-san has been making sake for 14 years
and has been a sake master for 8 years.
Ingredients & Technical data
Rice: Go-hyaku-man-goku
Water: On-site
well water. Underground water from Ko-sado Mountains. Soft water.
Yeast: Kyokai #1701
SMV: +3 Acidity: 1.7 Amino acids: 1.2@
Other Information
Serving temp.: Chilled
Tasting note: Tropical nose of banana and plum juice, very fine, quite
pure.
Food Paring: Food and dishes with
vinegar/vinaigrette. Slightly spicy food.
Obata Shuzo has won gold medals at
the national sake competition for six years in a row.
It also won the gold medal at the International
Wine Challenge in London in 2007.
It exports Manotsuru sakes to France,
Italy, Germany, Korea, Taiwan and USA.