Hakkaisan Kongoshin Winter - 800ml

Limited available from on special order.

Hakkaisan Kongoshin Winter is the crown jewel of one of the most famous brewers in Japan. Highly limited amount of bottles from this delicate complex super sake.
This sake can best be served cold in a wine glass.
We also have also have the  Hakkaisan Sparkling Nigori and Daiginjo in our assortment.

Niigata is the area with the most active breweries in Japan, a total of 95. In the prefecture, most of the rice of Japan is grown, including many gohyakuman goku and Koshihikari. When we look at the number of liters of sake that is brewed, Niigata comes in third place after Hyogo and Kyoto. Typical of sake from Niigata is that it is dry, after Kochi the driest in Japan. It is often light, very pure and pure with sometimes a special aftertaste called Kire. Kire finish is when you immediately have a clean feeling in your mouth after a sip Sake, there is no finish which would normally mean that this would be lesser sake but the opposite is true. 

The creation of a Kire finish is craftsmanship of a master Brouwer de Toji. Well -known breweries in the area produce Sake under the brand names Kubota, Kikusui, Ichishima, Homare Kirin, Koshino Kanbai, Yoshinogawa, Shirataki, Katafune and Nechi. The area used to be called Echigo located in the Chubu region on Honshu Island. And is surrounded by three mountain ranges on land and the Japanese Sea on the other side with Sado Island off the coast. In addition to sake and rice, the area is also known for the Koi carp with the best quality, the largest selection and even the largest Koi trading area in the world. Symbol of the area is the tulip as flower, the Japanese Camelia as a tree and the Japanese ibis as a bird. In the winter there is a lot of snowfall which makes it an ideal ski area together with the many mountains. The same snow provides a huge water source for brewing sake.