Our Take

Bring this one to your next salad or chicken dinner. On its own, the Nambu Bijin Tokubetsu Junmai is a solid sake with elements of tender stone fruit. It also has an overall clean flavor profile and low-to-medium acidity.

Where it really shines though is the food pairing potential with deep flavored sauces like an orange glaze or a mayonnaise-base slathered on white meats. When you have a product that can pull off double duty, it’s pretty easy to call this it a good value. You can find that in Nambu Bijin’s Tokubetsu Junmai. Serve chilled on its own, or with salads and white meats.

Details

• Tokubetsu Junmai

• Seimaibuai: 55%

• Yeast: 9

• Water: Semi-hard

• 720ml

• Made in Iwate

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