Basic
Information
Brand: Kiminoi [keemi-noy]
Nickname: Emperor's Well
Quality: Junmai Ginjo, Yamahai
Seimai Buai: Rice milled to 55 %.
Alcohol: 15-16 % by volume
Size,
BPC & UPC Code:
720ml/12 844650015010
300ml/12 844650015027
Producer
Producer: Kiminoi [keemi-noy] Shuzo Founded: 1842
Owned
by: Tanaka Family
Location: 3-11, Shimomachi,
Myokou-shi, Niigata 944-0048, JAPAN
Website: www.niigatasake.com
Toji (Master Brewer): Hiroshi Hayatsu
Has been working with the brewery for more than three decades.
Ingredients
& technical data
Rice: Gohyaku-man-goku
Water: On-site well water. Soft water
Yeast: Kyokai #10
No sulfites, no preservatives.
SMV: +0 Acidity: 1.4 Amino acids: -
Other
information
Serving temp. : Serve chilled (53-59°F/12-15°C), or warmed (113-122°F/ 45-50°C).
Tasting note: Complex, deep, layered flavors, grainy and earthy, elegant clean finish.
Food Pairing: Roasted chicken, pork chops, tempura, charcoal-grilled seafood, mushroom risotto.
This sake is produced by a traditional time-consuming method for preparing yeast starter called “Yamahai”, which gives elusive “Umami” or richness and fullness of the flavor.
This yamahai sake won a gold medal at “Joy of Sake” (the US National Sake Appraisal) in 2006.
Kiminoi has won gold awards at Japan National Sake Competition in 2015, 07, 06, 04, 03, etc.