百光 | BYAKKO

Crystalline Sake
2022
¥27,500

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Concept

Enter a world of unparalleled clarity

Byakko strives to be a bottle of the purest in quality. Made with unequaled technique and craftsmanship, Byakko brings elegant aroma, uncomplicated clarity of flavor and a pleasant finish that lingers. Byakko promises an eye-opening experience in the highest sake quality for drinkers the world over.

Light to last 100 years

Byakko, as our flagship, is created with the idea of bringing light to drinkers’ lives for 100 years and beyond. Byakko promises a light to illuminate your future, perfect for celebrations, well-wishes and a portent of luck for future endeavors.

Profile

Exceeding clarity, elegant aroma

Byakko boasts a crystalline appearance that seems to glimmer in the light. Imparting sweet, fruity flavors of pears, it also brings a gentle, elegant aroma reminiscent of lily flowers. Byakko’s mouthfeel is delicate and silky smooth, imparting a pleasant umami sensation that spreads on the tongue, and a clearness with notes of white peach. With a clear flavor uncomplicated by imperfections, Byakko additionally finishes with a mild and pleasant bitterness.

AROMA

Byakko’s elegant aromas bring to mind lily flowers, and the delicate scents of stone fruits like white and yellow peaches, and lychee.

MOUTHFEEL

Byakko brings a mouthfeel that is smooth and delicate like silk, with a sweetness and umami entirety unlike standard high-polish sake.

FINISH

Byakko finishes with a symphony, rich in umami and bitterness - a long-lasting tail that imparts this bottle’s unparalleled quality.

PAIRING

Pair Byakko with seafood, vegetables, white meat and other mild flavors to make this bottle sing. It also pairs exquisitely with fruit.

Manufacturing

The highest quality, born of cutting-edge polishing.

An 18% polishing ratio brings elegant flavor

Byakko’s 18% polish brings forward a delicate flavor profile. With a process that requires upward of 200 hours of meticulous polishing of the ingredient sake rice, Byakko achieves the clearest, most uncomplicated of flavors that bring a sweetness and rich umami from the sake rice.

Organic rice, cultivated with care by human hands

The organic sake rice used in Byakko, Dewasansan, is regarded for bringing sweetness and the richness of umami to the sake it produces. These qualities are further nourished through organic cultivation – a battle with the elements that requires patience and hand-removal of weeds and overgrowth that hinder rice maturation. This focus on organic cultivation by human hand is what gives Byakko its truly unmatched profile.

The greatest quality comes from the best water

Byakko is made from natural water taken from Mt. Chokai in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. This ultra-soft water helps bring the unparalleled quality and clarity of flavor Byakko is known for.

Brewing Partner

Tatenokawa Inc.

Founded in 1832 in Yamagata Prefecture’s Sakata City, Tatenokawa Inc. shifted production exclusively to junmai daiginjo sake polished to below 50% in 2010.
Tatenokawa Inc. has achieved worldwide renown as one of the only brewers in the world to produce exclusively junmai daiginjo.

 

百光 | BYAKKO

Crystalline Sake

2022

Brewed and Bottled in Japan

¥27,500 (送料別)
Brewery
Tatenokawa Inc. (Yamagata)
Rice
100% Yamagata Dewasansan (organic)
Polish
18%
ABV
15.7%
SMV
-2
Acidity
1.3
Amino Acid
Value
0.8
Number of
Pasteurization
1
Volume
720ml

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