Grade: Daiginjo

Daiginjo sake is made up of only rice, rice koji, water, yeast, and a small amount of pure distilled alcohol. The rice used to brew this sake must be polished at least to 50% of its original size. This extent of rice polishing exposes much of the inner starch core, which gives Daiginjo sake highly aromatic and fruit-forward notes. Daiginjo sake is almost always more expensive because brewers use double or more the amount of rice to create the same amount of sake. The time and work that goes into rice polishing also helps explain the higher costs. Learn more about Grades »