Tsukinokatsura Yanagi Junmai Ginjoshu

From Masuda Tokube Shoten, established in 1675 in Fushimi, the brewery that invented modern nigori sake in 1964, the Yanagi, willow tree, expression is the flagship Junmai Ginjo: Yamada Nishiki and Yumenishiki polished to 50%, brewed with Fushimi's soft underground water. International acclaim followed: selected by a four-star New York restaurant and by Lufthansa as a premium in-flight sake. A complex nose of Asian pear, honeydew, lychee, and violet sets the expectation; the palate is refined and light-bodied, true to Kyoto's tanrei character, with a graceful dry bitterness and elegant acidity on the finish that make it equally suited to the dinner table or the contemplative glass.