Basic Information

Brand: Buna no Tsuyu [bouna-no-tsuyu]

Nickname: Dewdrops

Type: Tokubetsu Junmai.

Rice polishing: 60 %

Alcohol: 15-16% in volume

Bottle size: 720 ml Case pack: 12 bottles

UPC Code: 844650045000

Producer

Producer: Musashino [mu-sashi-no] Shuzo

Owned by: Kobayashi Family

Location: 4-7-46 Nishiro-cho, Joetsu-city, Niigata 943-0834 Japan

Founded: 1916 (takeover)

Website: http://www.musashino-shuzo.com/

Toji (Sake Master): Kenji Fujii Kenji-san has been making sake

for four decades at Musashino and has spent the last 10 as a sake master.

Ingredients & Technical data

Rice: Gohyaku-man-goku

Water: Soft water from legendary spring called "Koboa-Shimizu"

in Maki village.

Yeast: Kyokai #9

SMV: +5 Acidity: 1.5 Amino acids: 1.4

Other information

Serving temp.: Serve chilled, room temperature, or slightly warmed.

Tasting note: Lychee and floral on the nose. Racy acidity. Melony fruit finish.

Food pairing: White fish - lightly grilled, steamed or simmered.

Vegetables - grilled, steamed or boiled.

The Gohyakumangoku rice that is used for this sake is grown in mountainous Maki village by five local farmers, where birds sing in the beech forest after the snow melts in the spring. Musashino won the highest position in the Niigata competition among the region's more than 80 producers in March of 2005.