About This Product :
The Sake: At E-Corp, we’re very fond of our dry sake because they are so versatile for food pairings. This one is strikingly delicious because it is so neutral, yet maintains its ricey backbone.
Translation of the Name: 春鶯囀 Shunnouten = Spring Warbler’s Song.
Prefecture: Yamanashi
Style:Karakuchi (Dry)
Rice: Tamasakae,
Semaibuai: 60%,
SMV: +9,
Acidity: 1.3,
ABV: 15%
The Taste: A light and crisp taste with strong, savory rice notes which blossom on the mouth. Finishes clean and dry. Karakuchi means “Dry,” a favorite style among sake drinkers.
The Format: Bottle- 720ml and 1.8L
The Brewery: Yorozuya Brewery has a long, beautiful and romantic history. Founded 230 years ago, the name of their brand, “Shunnouten” comes from a particular event in their past. A female poet named Akiko Yosano stopped at the brewery, and upon drinking the sake brewed there, she was inspired to compose a poem, and compared the feeling of drinking at the Yorozuya brewery to hearing spring warblers in the temples. It relates to an even earlier song from the Tang dynasty, but that’s another story. Spring warbler, in Japanese, is Shunnouten. What a compliment! The poem is engraved in stone at the brewery- please visit it sometime yourself.
