Gokyo - Five - Blue Gin no Iroha Hinohikari table rice provides ample

Hinohikari table rice provides ample umami with underlying sweetness

These ingredients and the brewers’ skill give us a sake with a white flower scent that flows into ripe plum and juicy tangerine notes

The fruit used for flavoring this yuzu sake is all naturally derived

Plums contain many minerals that develop great flavor for wine so the brewers use European wine fermentation techniques to create soft

” and sets the tone for this sake

Gokyo - Five - Blue Gin no Iroha Hinohikari table rice provides ampleThanks to our friends at Sake Revolution podcast, we know that the Z on the label expresses five, or the Japanese go (perhaps also the kanji ). There are six sake in the Five series, all of which are fermented in large wooden fermentation containers called kioke, and made in the orthodox kimoto method. Gokyo Five Blue is the refreshing summer version available in limited quantities. Enjoy!