Basic Information

Brand: Awa Yuki [ah-wah you-kee]

Type: Nigori (un-filtered), Junmai.

Rice polishing: 65%

Alcohol: 15-16% in volume

Size: 500 ml, 12-pack

UPC Code: 844650040029

Producer

Producer: Minogawa [meeno-gawa] Shuzo Founded: 1827

Owned by: Matsumoto Family

Location: 2-13-31 Miyahara, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata 940-0083 Japan

Website: www1.ocn.ne.jp/~minogawa or www.niigatasake.com

Toji (Sake Master): Masayuki Tanaka

Masayuki-san has been making sake for two decades.

He has won Gold Awards at the Japan National Sake Competition

and at the US National Sake Appraisal (Joy of Sake) .

Ingredients & Technical data

Rice: Gohyaku-man-goku, Koshi Ibuki

Water: Underground water currents from the Shinano River and the Higashiyama mountains are pumped up from the 90 meter deep on-site well. Soft water.

Yeast: Kyokai #7

SMV: +3 Acidity: 1.5 Amino acids: 1.5

Other information

Serving temp.: Serve chilled. Shake the bottle before opening it.

Tasting note: Well rounded, medium dry & creamy.

It tastes more refreshing with a few drops of fresh lemon juice.

Food pairing: Spicy food, teriyaki, roasted chicken, etc.

Shelf life: 12 months or more in a refrigerator.

6 months in a closed room at temperature of 55 deg F or lower.

3 months in a store at 55 deg F.

1 month in a store with no temperature control.