向井酒造 MUKAI SHUZŌ 'Kyo no Haru' Nigori

Region: Kyoto

Rice Variety: Kyo no Kagayaki

Type: junmai muroka namagenshu nigori

Polishing Rate: 67%

ABV: 17.5%

Ingredients: rice, water, yeast, kōji

Brewing: pressed with sediment added back to the sake to create a nigori, unpasteurized, undiluted, unfiltered

Serving Temperature: lightly chilled to lightly warmed

Size: 720ml

Notes: Mukai Shuzō is headed by the groundbreaking Mukai Kuniko. Not only is Kuniko one of Japan's first female tōjis 'master brewers' but she's one of the most talented and creative tōjis producing today. She has a keen instinctual ability to envision taste and incredible technical prowess using entirely junmaishu 'pure rice sake' production--allowing her stunning sakes to sing.