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Blue Junmai Ginjo Sake

Pair this wine with:
Cheese Fish Shellfish Vegetables

Category: Junmai Ginjo Sake

Date Tasted:
Country: Japan
Alcohol: 15%
93 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$37

Hiro
Blue Junmai Ginjo Sake

Pair this wine with:
Cheese Fish Shellfish Vegetables

Category: Junmai Ginjo Sake

Date Tasted:
Country: Japan
Alcohol: 15%
Silvery emerald straw color. Aromas and flavors of mushroom argue, watermelon rind, honey baked sweet potato, and honeysuckle and jasmine with a velvety, crisp, dry medium body and a tingling, appealing, medium-length finish conveying accents of pineapple flavored coconut water, melon and orange zest, and sweet green herbs. This Junmai Ginjo is soft and pleasing, and will enhance any light seafood preparations, pork and chicken dishes, as well as any sauces with cream.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Juicy & Smooth
Aroma Aroma: mushroom argue, watermelon rind, honey baked sweet potato, and honeysuckle and jasmine
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with accents of pineapple flavored coconut water, melon and orange zest, and sweet green herbs
Sweetness Sweetness: Dry
Enjoy Enjoy: on its own and with food
Recipes Pairing: Sushi, Tempura, Swiss
Bottom Line Bottom Line: This Junmai Ginjo is soft and pleasing, and will enhance any light seafood preparations, pork and chicken dishes, as well as any sauces with cream.
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87 • Hiro Red Junmai Sake 15% (Japan) $26.00.
93 • Hiro Blue Junmai Ginjo Sake 15% (Japan) $37.00.
95 • Hiro Gold Junmai Daiginjo Sake 15% (Japan) $99.00.
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Junmai Ginjo Sake

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Serve in a Stemless Wine Glass
About
Junmai Ginjo Sake
A junmai ginjo sake is a very particular type of sake. Junmai refers to a sake that is a pure rice wine, one that does not have any distilled alcohol added. Ginjo refers to the fact that at least 40% of the rice polished away during the brewing process. This process for a ginjo sake is done at lower temperatures, which takes longer, but produces a sake that is light and fragrant with greater complexity.

A junmai ginjo sake is considered a "super premium" sake, which represents less than 10% of all sake. Along with traditional foods paired with sake, such as sushi or Asian cuisine, a junmai ginko sake also marries well with roast turkey or even leg of lamb.

Hiro Blue Junmai Ginjo Sake rating was calculated by to be 93 points out of 100 on 8/8/2023. Please note that MSRP may have changed since the date of our review.