Basic Info

Brand: TEN TO CHI [ten-toh-chee]

Nickname: “Heaven and Earth”

Type of Sake: Junmai Daiginjo

Seimai Buai: Rice milled to 50 %

Alcohol: 15.5%

Size : 1.8L, 6-pack UPC 844650045079

720ml, 12-pack UPC 844650045055

300ml, 12-pack UPC 844650045093

Producer

Producer: Musashino Shuzo Founded: 1916

Location: 4-7-46 Nishishiro-cho, Joetsu-shi, Niigata 943-0834 Japan

Website: www.niigatasake.com

President: Hajime Kobayashi – the fourth generation of the founding family

Toji (Master Brewer): Kenji Fujii - has been making sake for more than four decades at Musashino.

Ingredients & Technical data

Rice: Koshi Tanrei, a local specialty sake rice. See below for detail.

Water: Soft water. 100% sourced from natural spring water in Maki district of Joetsu, Niigata

Yeast: Kyokai #9

SMV: +5 Acidity: 1.6 Amino acids: 1.0

No sulfites, no preservatives.

Other info

Serving temp. : Serve chilled or at room temperature

Tasting note: Dry, mild, clean, medium bodied, and lightly aromatic.

Food Paring: Tuna and salmon sashimi, roasted duck or chicken, prosciutto.

Niigata Agricultural Institute, Niigata Sake Institute, and the consortium of Niigata sake breweries spent 15 years to launch a new sake rice variety, called Koshi Tanrei. The rice is grown only in Niigata, only for Niigata sake producers. Ten To Chi “Heaven and Earth” is one of the first Koshi Tanrei-based sakes that have been made commercially available in Japan.