Hayashi Honten (720 ml) 'Golden Amber' 12-Year Koshu Junmai, Gifu Prefecture

Item Number: 13968

UPC: 4-934894201013

Country: Japan
Region: Chubu
Sub Region: Gifu Prefecture
Estate Grown Wine: No
Grape(s): Nihonbare Rice
Type: Sake - Junmai
Style: Junmai
Bottle Size: 720 ml
Pack: 12
Closure: Flip Top
Alc by Vol(%): 18

Golden Amber is a junmai sake brewed from Nihonbare sake rice milled to 70%. It has been aged in new American white oak for 12 years.

Tasting Notes: The nose is filled with subtle grain notes enveloped in rich wood tones with qualities redolent of Amontillado sherry. The palate delivers the promise of the nose while adding a subtle, sweet fruit component on the center with flanking notes of vanilla bean and softly toasted oak.

Milling: 70%
Rice Variety: Nihonbare
Sake Meter Value: -5.0