Tsuki no Katsura

Pairs excellently with sushi and white fish, complementing their delicate flavours while enhancing the overall dining experience.

A delicate perfume on the nose leads to a medium-bodied sake with notes of vanilla, strawberry, and pear on the palate. The soft texture unfolds into multiple layers of flavour, finishing clean and dry.

Rice polishing ratio: 50%
Alcohol: 16.2%
Profile: CLEAN AND DRY
SMV: +3
Rice: Yumenishiki (rice produced in Hyogo)
Acidity: 1.7
Served: Cold, at room temperature or warm

Tsuki no Katsura Masuda Shoten(KYOTO)
“Tradition for an exceptional sake”
Tsuki no Katsura was founded in 1675 and its traditions have continued for over 340 years by 14 generations of the Masuda family. It is located in Fushimi district in the southwest of Kyoto city. Fushimi is famous in Japan for its sake production because it has particularly soft water. Tsuki no Katsura is one of the oldest sake breweries in Kyoto and is famous for its high- grade sake. In 1964, the brewery created Nigori-sake, a coarsely filtered sake and became famous throughout Japan. As the Nigori-sake is bottled during the fermentation stage, the sake is called sparkling sake. Tsuki no Katsura also has Koshu or aged sake, probably the oldest in Japan (over 50 years old). Wishing to innovate, the brewery got involved in the cultivation of a variety of ancient organic rice from Kyoto called IWAI with the help of Kyoto farmers. It was the first brewery to brew a Junmai Daiginjo Nigori-sake, which has become very popular around the world.

Kyoto is one of the oldest areas of sake brewing, and the second-biggest sake producer by volume in Japan after Niigata. The Fushimi district in particular has a rich sake legacy, thanks to its access to the Horikawa River, which meant sake cargo could flow freely out of the area; its access to Kyoto aristocracy, who made up the bulk of the sake market until the end of the Edo era; and its supply of the pristine Gokosui underground spring water found in the area. Kyoto sake tends to be delicate, pure and mellow which originates from its low mineral water quality. The flavours tend to have fruity characteristics such as fresh melons and green apples, pears, tropical fruits, and ripe banana. Today, Fushimi boasts of 24 Premium Sake breweries. The key to an excellent Sake brew is the quality of water that is used in the process. The underground water in Fushimi has been continuously selected as one of the “100 Best Water Sources in Japan” for many years.