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.