Nanbu Bijin Shinpaku 720ml
Size: 720 ml
Class: Junmai Ginjo
Rice: Yamada Nishiki
Rice-Polishing Ratio: 50%
Brewery Location: Iwate Prefecture
Food Pairings: Nishime(simmered chicken and vegetables), Fish Sashimi, Grilled Fish, Soup with Dashi, Nabe hotpot
Tasting Notes: Crafted in the legendary Nanbu brew tradition, Nanbubijin Shinpaku Junmai Ginjo delivers the region's signature flavor of pure elegance that glides smoothly on the palate. With 100% premium Yamadanishiki Sake rice and crystalline spring water bubbling from directly below the brewery, releases an inviting sweetened rice fragrance and a captivating rush of complex Umami flavor. Enjoy before and during meals. Shinpaku or "White heart" is the starchy-center core of a Sake rice granule.
Brewery: Nanbu Bijin (founded: 1902)
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.