Senkin - Classic Muku Junmai Ginjo Sake

Senkin - Classic Muku Junmai Ginjo SakeEstablished in 1806, Senkin is a highly regarded brewery in todays sake world, focusing on the terroir of Sakura, Tochigi, and priding themselves on using local ingredients. Now run by 11th generation brothers Kazuki Usui (president) and Masato Usui (brewmaster), all of their sakes are brewed in small batches, and are Muroka, (un charcoal filtered) and Genshu (undiluted). Using both modern and traditional brewing methods, Senkin has established itself

Daishichi invented the Super-Flat Rice Polishing machinery

and founded the winery at the end of the 1960s

Temperatures in the valley have a wide

Alvarinho” because of the extensive and imaginative work that Anselmo Mendes has done with this grape

where it remained until bottling without fining or filtration

“There is no reason for us to craft sake unless it’s super delicious

The grapes are protected by mountains and elevation from fog and Winter frost

sheer opulence

and Pedro Ximenez

it can command the highest prices

Compared to the wines just slightly northwest in Zeltingen

70 percent of the vines are over 40 years old