Ama No To
Heaven's Door
"Go local" is the motto of this Akita-based brewery. All the sake brewing resources and staff are from Akita, which is not so usual as breweries often the source rice and even labor from other prefectures. Ginnosei rice is grown within sight of the brewery.
Sake Facts
Quality Grade: Tokubetsu Junmai
Seimaibuai: 55% (45% of rice grain polished away)
Rice: Ginnosei
Yeast: #AK-1
Nihonshu-do: 4
Alcohol: 16.2%
Acidity: 1.5
Size/UPC Code:
720ml: 835603004991
300ml: 835603005110
720ml: 835603004991
300ml: 835603005110
Tasting Notes/Food Pairing:
With sweet rice aromas surrounded with floral fresh herb spiciness, this slightly dry, medium-bodied sake has mouthwatering apple flavors with an agreeable earthiness on the mid-palate. Clean and focused on the finish that accentuates its rice-like qualities. Also available in 300ml bottles.
With sweet rice aromas surrounded with floral fresh herb spiciness, this slightly dry, medium-bodied sake has mouthwatering apple flavors with an agreeable earthiness on the mid-palate. Clean and focused on the finish that accentuates its rice-like qualities. Also available in 300ml bottles.
Brewery Facts
Brewery Name: Asamai Shuzo
Brewery Founded: 1917
Brewery Location: Akita Prefecture
Toji (master brewer): Koichi Maoriya
Brewery President: Hidemori Kakizaki
Press:
91 Points, Stephen Tanzers International Wine Cellar, 2007
"Very pale yellow-straw color. Spicy, assertive aromas of green apple, flowers, mint and fresh herbs. Juicy, lively and light on its feet, with subtle fruitiness in a rather ethereal style. Complex and refined. From all locally grown rice."
Please visit our press page to read more