Nanbu Bijin Tokubetsu Junmai Cup
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Nanbu Bijin's signature brand, which uses locally-grown Iwate Ginotome rice and which, some might say, contributed to a revolution in sake style which is today known as modern sake: fresh, lightly effervescent, a little sweet, fruity and aromatic! A lot of quality and personality in one little cup.
Nanbu Bijin, 南部美人
Location: Iwate Prefecture
Grade: Tokubetsu Junmai
Rice: Ginotome
Polishing: 55%
Yeast: M310
SMV: +5
Acidity: 1.6
ABV: 15-16%
The brewery was established in 1902, and the Nanbu Bijin brand name came to be in 1951. The Iwate area used to be called Nanbu (South), and is a place rich with nature, abundant water and fertile soil. In Japan, most breweries of the time made quite rough, inelegant, sweet sake, but this brewery wanted to make clean, beautiful sake like a fair southern maiden. Hence, the name Nanbu Bijin, or Southern Beauty.
Neat, clean, and crafted to pair with a wide range of food, excellent at any temperature.
