Kiku-Masamune Junmai Taruzake -- 菊正宗純米樽酒 - 300ml

International Wine Challenge Winner 

2025 - Gold

2022 - Bronze

2017 - Bronze

Tasting Notes

Authentically-brewed Dry Junmai Sake is sealed into New Casks of Yoshino Cedar, and is only broken open for bottling once the sake reaches Kiku-Masamune's standard of excellence. Nurtured in the temperate climate of Yoshino area, Yoshino cedar has been traditionally considered as the best wood for making sake casks because of the consistency of its grain and the excellent aroma it gives. We invite you to experience the invigorating cedar aroma and soft yet bright flavors. A nod to the Edo Period of Japan, when sake first started being produced on an industrial level, and was stored and transported in large wooden barrels by ship. 

Brewery Description

Established the second year of the Manji Era (aka 1659), Kiku-Masamune takes their status as a representative brand of Authentic Dry Sake very seriously, and their mission is clear. As stated in their famous 1983 commercial, "As your eyes fall upon good food, you begin to crave Kiku-Masa. As the dryness of Kiku-Masa hits your tongue, you begin to crave good food". Their history is steeped in the image of Dry Sake one enjoys with a meal, and to that end Kiku-Masamune utilizes their multiple facilities across Japan to create the ideal sake that one will never tire of drinking. 

Additional Information

Classification: Junmai Taruzake (Barrel Aged*)

Sake Meter Value: +5

Acidity: 1.5

Polishing Ratio: 73%

Prefecture: Hyogo

ABV: 15%

Size: 300ml