Ancient Wine 1987

Sake honjozo rice: Domestic rice, polished to 70%
Alcohol content: 21%, barrel aged, bottled at room temperature


Sommelier's comments

It is characterized by the aroma of the barrel and the sweet aroma of dried fruit. The sweetness and bitterness you feel when you put it in your mouth is just like a high-quality brandy. It has a long, smoky aftertaste. It is a rare type of aged alcohol.


Brewery: Shirakawa Meijo

Founded in 1850 in Nishigo Village, Fukushima Prefecture

Nishigo Village, located at the northern foot of the Nasu Highlands, a popular resort area with an image of an Imperial Villa, is rich in nature and an environment suitable for sake brewing. This brewery, founded 170 years ago, uses underground water from the Nasu mountain range and local rice grown with that water to brew aromatic, full-bodied sake using advanced pasteurization (flavor preservation) techniques.