- Shintotsukawa
Kinteki Shuzou Co., Ltd.
The ultimate local sake from a company that is part of its community’s history
Kinteki Shuzou’s history dates back 116 years.
After the village of Totsukawa in Nara Prefecture was destroyed by a flood, the residents moved to this area of Hokkaido, settling here and naming their new village “Shintotsukawa” (New Totsukawa).
The residents abstained from drinking sake for their first 10 years in their new home, but after 16 years of building a village from the ground up, they decided to make their own sake, and in 1906, Kinteki Shuzo was born. Made with groundwater from the nearby Toppu River and the best locally grown sake rice, this brewery’s products are quintessentially Shintotsukawan.
Kinteki Junmai Daiginjo 33
¥3,853
Alcohol content (%): 16
Rice: Gimpu
Rice-polishing ratio (%): 33
Sake meter value (+-):±0
The label was written by Masashi Sada, Shintotsukawa's Support Ambassador
Some of the proceeds are donated to the Lion Standing Against the Wind Fund Foundation.
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Delicious talk
from Rui Yamata's
Kinteki Junmai Daiginjo 33
A love that shows rather than telling
This sake is crisp when it hits your tongue, and leaves a refreshing aftertaste.
A hint of sourness stays on your tongue—that feels good.
I like the way this sake reminds me of those strong, silent stars in old movies.
I poured a glass while it was chilled, and as it warmed up to room temperature, the umami of the rice really came to the forefront—it reminds me of the way those stars give that come-hither look without saying anything at all.
Throw in some sake no sakana like squid or scallop sashimi or a stew with a soy sauce broth and it's like, "I'm yours forever". (laughs)
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