Moriki Brewery, Tae no Hana "Sublime Beauty" Arabashiri Kimoto Muroka Nama Junmai Genshu Sake

From a small family run brewery in the eastern prefecture of Mie, Rumiko Moriki is Japan’s first female Toji. Being a 4th generation owner in her family, Moriki Brewery has recently gotten acclaim for their unique sake. Using rice grown on the estate through organic methods, she crafts a sake with tremendous depth, finesse and heft. The Sublime Beauty is made from premium rice polished down to 90% of the grain remaining, along with employing the traditional Kimoto method to express complex and dark characteristics. Bottled without fining or filtering, at cask strength and avoiding pasteurization, this is sake made with minimal intervention. What this comes out to is a fuller bodied sake displaying very heady and rich umami flavors with gleaming orchard fruit and acidity.