Ginjo

Ginjo is brewed with rice grains that are polished down to at least 60% of their original size, and when you add the word “junmai,” it means it was made without distilled alcohol. Fermenting the highly polished rice at lower temperatures using different yeasts can bring out aroma components such as banana and apple.

Iyo Kagiya Daiginjo White Label


Junmai

Junmai literally means “pure rice,” and in the absence of the word ginjo or daiginjo following it, it represents a category on its own that can technically be made from any RPR. This is sake that is brewed without the use of brewer’s alcohol. Junmai has rich flavors of rice that are enjoyable at warm temperatures, and the fuller flavor profile generally can be paired with stronger flav

  

Iyo Kagiya Junmai Red Label