Sake Junmai Nagaya-o "Prince Nagaya 2022" 18.1%, 720 ml
Ref : NISNAKA4
€38.20
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Nagayao or "Prince Nagaya" (Nagayao was a powerful personage in the Nara era, 684 - 729; it is said that he was the grandson of Emperor Tenmu) is a sake made by reproducing the brewing method used in the Nara era (around 700 AD). It is a "miracle sake" made with a 90% rice polishing rate and a one-step preparation.
This cannot be done in any other sake brewery in Japan since sake is usually made by further polishing the rice and brewing it in three stages.
In 710, the capital of Japan was moved to Nara.
In 1988, 40,000 mokkan (wooden strips on which official messages are written) were discovered in the southeast of the city. According to their contents, they were the ruins of the residence of the imperial family of the time, the "Prince Nagaya".
The mokkan detailed the life of the court nobles at that time and described 6 sakes produced.
Our brewer has taken the production method of one of these sakes and made it again in the same way as the one brewed 13 centuries ago and named it "Prince Nagaya".
Current method of making sake was established around 900 or 1000 AD and has been in use since then BC and has been evolving ever since.
Prince Nagaya is brewed with a single, much older brewing process instead of the three-step process of the current methods. It is very difficult to control quality of the product.
Rice used is rice for eating, not sake rice.
Usually, rice grains are polished to the maximum to maximize the purity of the sake.
Prince Nagaya's 90% polishing rate is such that it is theoretically impossible to make delicious sake.
In the Nara era, brewing methodology was not yet perfected, so it is believed that delicious sake could only be produced once in 100 or with a lower probability.
Prince Nagaya has a SMV sake meter value of -48. It is very sweet, syrupy, with a strong umami flavor.
Intense, aromatic, the flavours evoke caramel, banana, papaya, mango, apricot, notes of honey and sesame, tobacco, iodised hints of seaweed, fermented miso aromas.
The palate is dominated by very strong, very high umami, intense notes of sesame and peanut, very finely iodised. Its complexity and broad range of aromas are quite distinctive. The balance between sweetness and acidity is excellent, The alcohol is perfectly integrated.
In addition, there are subtle flavour notes and a velvety texture. The aroma is fresh and the taste is intense and seductive.
Our perfect pairings : Served chilled or on the rocks, it can be enjoyed as an aperitif and goes well with smoked fish (smoked haddock, smoked sardines), foie gras, game, roast beef, ripened cheeses (old mimolette, blue cheese, Maroilles, parmesan, Pont l'évêque, Livarot), pastries and other fruit desserts, roasted peanuts.
NISNAKA4
Data sheet
- Origin
- Nara, Japan
- Brewery
- NAKAMOTO Sake Brewery Co. Ltd
- Weight
- 300 ml net
720 ml net - Packaging
- glass bottle, blue color
- Ingredients
- Nara hinohikari rice, malted rice
- Storage
- below 25°C
- Volume of pure alcohol
- 18,1%
- Rice polishing ratio "seimaï-buai"
- 90%
- Kobo/yeast/Kyokai
- kyokai Kanso 901 GB
- Acidity
- 3
- Filtering
- fune shibori press
- Appearance
- golden yellow
transparent clarity - Palate
- mellow
- Idéal tasting temperature
- + 10 ° C to + 12 ° C
on ice - Service
- Sakazuki flat cup
white wine glass (cold) - Category
- Junmaï
- Sake counter value (SMV)
- -48
- Shubo (starter)
- Sokujo
shikomi in one time - Keeping
- Ageing potential
- Recommandation
- EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL IS DANGEROUS FOR YOUR HEALTH. DRINK WITH MODERATION. CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DURING PREGNANCY, EVEN IN SMALL QUANTITY, CAN HAVE SEVERE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE CHILD’S HEALTH. THE SALE OF ALCOHOL IS FORBIDDEN TO MINORS UNDER AGE 18
- Excise category
- I000
- Product
- Sake
NAKAMOTO Nakamoto Sake Brewery is located at the foot of Mount Ikoma, between Nara and Osaka. Its history dates back to the 12th year of Kyoho (1727, Edo Era).
Its aim has always been to produce handcrafted sake that can be consumed at the table, as an accompaniment to food, like a wine. To this end, the sake is made exclusively from pure rice, without the addition of distilled alcohol or antioxidants, and with attention to the quality of the water and rice.
The brewery is committed to using the latest technology while respecting traditional craftsmanship. One of the new technologies used, the most advanced in the world, is a water activator.
By adding energy to the water, micro-organisms such as koji (malted rice) and yeast become more active and the sake becomes even more delicious.
Reviews about this product
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Marc B.
Published Mar 13, 2024 at 08:42 pm (Order date: Mar 03, 2024)All is ok (Translated review)
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Nagayao or "Prince Nagaya" (Nagayao was a powerful personage in the Nara era, 684 - 729; it is said that he was the grandson of Emperor Tenmu) is a sake made by reproducing the brewing method used in the Nara era (around 700 AD). It is a "miracle sake" made with a 90% rice polishing rate and a one-step preparation.
This cannot be done in any other sake brewery in Japan since sake is usually made by further polishing the rice and brewing it in three stages.
Sake Junmai Nagaya-o "Prince Nagaya 2022" 18.1%, 720 ml
€38.20
Tax Included
ALCOHOL ABUSE IS DANGEROUS FOR YOUR HEALTH. CONSUME IN MODERATION. CONSUMING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DURING PREGNANCY, EVEN IN SMALL QUANTITIES, CAN HAVE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES FOR THE HEALTH OF THE CHILD.
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