Uzensakuragawa

Uzensakuragawa is brewed in Oguni Town, in the Iide Mountain Range foothills of southwestern Yamagata Prefecture, by a brewery that traces its roots to 1706. The sake benefits from a continental climate with hot summers and cold winters, with snowmelt from the surrounding mountains providing the brewing water. Reviewers consistently describe the sake as transparent and food-friendly, with a clean, restrained character that allows rice umami to speak without asserting prominent aroma.