代表銘柄「郷乃譽」
「木を切るな」が家訓です。酒は米から、米は土から、土は水から、水は木から、木が酒にリンクします。非常に古い地域で、直ぐ側に古墳が3基あります。木々は良い水を集めてくれると共に、防風林としての役割から、仕込み期間の冬は敷地内の温度があまり下がり過ぎない様、暑い夏は酒蔵を木々が覆ってくれて、酒蔵内部の温度
があまり上がらない様な構造になっています。
全商品、無濾過の完全な生で貯蔵している世界で唯一の酒蔵です。ヴィンテージは1973年〜、無濾過の生々氷温熟成です。日本で初めて生酒をリリースした蔵で、商品の管理温度について、商品管理に於ける温度訴求を始めた酒蔵でもあります。
原料米は酒蔵から半径5km以内の新米一等米以上を使用しています。
仕込み水は数百年来井戸の位置が変わっていない伏流水を市用意しています。
嘗て、きき水コンテストが世界中のお酒を集めた中から、第一位になった軟水のきめ細やかな仕込み水です。
仕込みの中軸は生酛とにごり、共に絶やすなの家訓と共に、今日まで、伝承し、生酛は2020年にカタドールで唯一最高金賞を受賞、ロバート・パーカーはその著書で、「ブルゴーニュの白」と言わしめた商品です。
全てがオリジナルばかりと言う酒蔵です。どうぞその真価お楽しみ頂ければ、ありがたいです。
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down over 55 generations: “SAKE, RICE, SOIL,
WATER, TREE.” These five interact with each other:
good sake is made from good rice; good rice grows in
good soil; farm soil contains good water; and good water
comes from good trees. By protecting trees, our brewery
protects our sake. Our brewery is located in the area called
Obara which was one of the original settlements of Ibaraki
Prefecture. Even today, the embankment of a castle from
the Heian Era still remains in Obara.
We brew sake with respect to nature, appreciating the
changing of seasons and natural circulation system every
day. e tall trees that change their faces in every season
behind the buildings give you a warm welcome when you
come through the gate of the brewery. e neighbors
often call us “the brewery in the grove” due to lush keyaki
(zelkova) trees surrounding our brewery.
e origin of our brewery is a bit di erent from others.
Originally we were members of the samurai class. Sake
brewing began after the economy came to be based on
rice, and the local economies stabilized. Sake brewing was
a by-product of the main product: rice.
We only brew Junmai Daiginjo sake with the rice no
longer than ve months after being harvested from local
rice elds. ankfully, our sake have been highly rated and
receive good reputation not only in Japan, but also outside
of Japan; we were awarded several prizes at the International
Wine Challenge held in London; sommeliers including
world champing sommeliers highly rated our sake. Also
Robert Parker, an internationally well-known connoisseur,
rated our sake as 91 points out of 100 points. In 2014,
our sake, KAKUNKO, was chosen to be served at
distinguished guests at the Prime Minister’ s o cial
residence. Moreover, in 2016, KAKUNKO was served for
the guests of Partner’s Program of G7 ISSE-SHIMA
SUMMIT. It is rare for the breweries outside of the host
prefecture to be used, yet out KAKUNKO was selected as
one of the must-items on the menu to be served.
Never cut down trees. is is what I had learned from my
grandfather. We have a family motto that has been passed
down over 55 generations: “SAKE, RICE, SOIL,
WATER, TREE.” ese ve interact with each other:
good sake is made from good rice; good rice grows in
good soil; farm soil contains good water; and good water
comes from good trees. By protecting trees, our brewery
protects our sake. Our brewery is located in the area called
Obara which was one of the original settlements of Ibaraki
Prefecture. Even today, the embankment of a castle from
the Heian Era still remains in Obara.
We brew sake with respect to nature, appreciating the
changing of seasons and natural circulation system every
day. e tall trees that change their faces in every season
behind the buildings give you a warm welcome when you
come through the gate of the brewery. e neighbors
often call us “the brewery in the grove” due to lush keyaki
(zelkova) trees surrounding our brewery.
e origin of our brewery is a bit di erent from others.
Originally we were members of the samurai class. Sake
brewing began after the economy came to be based on
rice, and the local economies stabilized. Sake brewing was
a by-product of the main product: rice.
We only brew Junmai Daiginjo sake with the rice no
longer than ve months after being harvested from local
rice elds. ankfully, our sake have been highly rated and
receive good reputation not only in Japan, but also outside
of Japan; we were awarded several prizes at the International
Wine Challenge held in London; sommeliers including
world champing sommeliers highly rated our sake. Also
Robert Parker, an internationally well-known connoisseur,
rated our sake as 91 points out of 100 points. In 2014,
our sake, KAKUNKO, was chosen to be served at
distinguished guests at the Prime Minister’ s o cial
residence. Moreover, in 2016, KAKUNKO was served for
the guests of Partner’s Program of G7 ISSE-SHIMA
SUMMIT. It is rare for the breweries outside of the host
prefecture to be used, yet out KAKUNKO was selected as
one of the must-items on the menu to be served.
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