Basic Information
Brand: Nyukon [nyu-koun]
Nickname: “Into Your Soul”
Type of Sake:
Tokubetsu Honjozo.
Seimai Buai: Rice milled to 60 %
Alcohol: 15-16%
Size, Case Pack, & UPC code:
1.8L/6 844650045031
720ml/12 844650045017
300ml/12 844650045048
Producer
Producer: Musashino [mu-sashi-no]
Shuzo
Owned by: Kobayashi Family Founded: 1916 (takeover)
Location: 4-7-46 Nishishiro-cho, Joetsu-shi,
Niigata 943-0834 Japan
Website: www.niigatasake.com
Toji (Master
Brewer): Kenji Fujii
Fujii-san has been making sake for more
than four decades
with Musashino Shuzo.
Ingredients & Technical data
Rice: Gohyaku-man-goku
The rice for this sake is grown at rice
paddy terrace
in mountainous Maki village in South
western Niigata.
Water: Soft water from Maki village in Southwestern Niigata.
Yeast: Kyokai #9
SMV: +3 Acidity: 1.3 Amino acids: 0.9
No sulfites, no preservatives.
Other information
Serving temp. : Serve chilled, at room temperature, or slightly warm.
Tasting note: Subtle
nose with hints of tea, peach, and apricot. Clean and understated.
Food Paring: A wide range of Japanese cuisine, Steamboats
(nabe), Simmered vegetable, fish, & pork.