Morabito 1971 Daiginjo - 720ml

Morabito 1971 Daiginjo is a unique sake made from special Yamada-nishiki that is grown on the famous rice fields of Nishioku, Yokawa district in Hyogo. The Toku A quality Paddy fields, which for rice is comparable to the so-called grand cru vineyards for wine, provide a blend of Toku-jo and Toku-to rice for this sake.

In the nose and on the pallet subtle notes of pear, melon, red apple, Citrus and white blossom. Very nice balance with an enormous depth, fine acidity, light minerality. Round full taste with fine tannins, slightly vanilla and honey. A super long intense clean finish completes this sake.

This sake is best served cold or room temperature in the special Sophienwald sake glass.

There are a lot of things special about this sake looking at the brewing process. Of course, there is the special sake rice grown on iconic ground, but also the place where the sake is brewed. On the fifth floor of Nihonsakari there is a micro brewery that is completely manually responsible for this masterpiece. The Tamba Toji or master sake brewer uses a koji with intensive conversion of unfermentable starch into fermentable sugars. He blends the Souhana Junmai Daiginjo that has matured for 6 months in French oak with this sake. In addition, he uses two different yeasts

The name Morabito comes from a French perfume and fashion house called Morabito, founded by Jean-Baptiste Morabito. In 1971, Madame Pompidou offered a Morabito VENDOME crocodile bag to the Japanese empress during an official visit. The design on the bottle is inspired by this iconic bag.