Fukuoka Prefecture
Wakatakeya Sake Brewery

Michikake Junmai Genshu

Brewed with the oldest sake yeast in Japan, Michikake combines fresh, high acidity with a wine-like profile for a truly modern style of sake.

Michikake is a collaboration with the Wakatakeya Sake Brewery of Fukuoka Prefecture’s Kurume. Using the first ever yeast specifically used to make sake, known as Saccharomyces Sake Yabe, it is imbued with an incredible vitality, combining tradition with modernity. Refusing to be bound by definitions of what sake ought to be, Michikake is sometimes sherry-like, sometimes wine-like, and always mysterious – just like the moon on the label, Michikake has many different faces, and the pleasure is in discovering them as they appear in the glass.

Flavour profile

Complex, bewitching aromas of muscat and yellow peach. Flavors of melon, juicy black table grapes, and a distinctive dairy-like umami and dry, crisp acidity. An intriguingly complex sake.

flavor

Muscat grape, melon, yellow peach

Sweetness

Dry
Sweet

Flavour

Light
Concentrated

Aromas

Light
Pronounced

Recommended Serving Temperature

  • Chilled (5-12℃)
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  • Room temperature (15-25℃)
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  • Warm (around 40℃)
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  • Hot (around 45℃)
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Staff comments

From the first sip, it’s hard to tell whether this is a sake or a wine! With a flavour profile like no sake you’ve ever tasted before, Michikake is light on its feed with a fresh bead of acidity, fruity flavours underlayered with complex layers of nuttiness and umami. Pair with anchovy pizza or a mentaiko pasta and spend a relaxing holiday afternoon with this sake.

Brewery information

Fukuoka Prefecture

Wakatakeya Sake Brewery

Established in 1699, bringing together tradition and the blessings of nature to create sake that is rich in personality

Details Products

Product information

Country of origin Japan
Prefecture Fukuoka Prefecture
Municipality Kurume-shi
Category Junmai
Rice variety Yume-Ikkon
Polishing ratio 70 %
ABV 16 %
SMV +2.5
Acidity 2.8
Yeast Saccharomyces Sake Yabe

Product details are subject to change depending on year of production.

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