Tatenokawa Soube Wase 2022 720ml
Metro Manila — 1–2 business days
Luzon— 3–5 business days
Visayas— 4–7 business days
Mindanao— 4–7 business days
Soube Wase is a rice that had all but vanished from Yamagata. Once a native variety, it fell out of cultivation because it was hard to grow. Tatenokawa brought it back from just 1.9kg of seed, a three-year effort, then spent three more years working out how to brew with it. This 2022 junmai daiginjo is the result: 100% Soube Wase polished to 45%, brewed with ultra-soft water from Mt. Chokai (hardness 21mg) and bottled at 15% ABV.
The character is rich umami with a smooth texture and a complex, layered acidity. It is made with no additives, no preservatives, no added sugar and no sulfites, and it is gluten free.
This is a bottle for serious sake drinkers and for a table that can match it: sushi, oysters, lobster, wagyu, cheese or ankimo. Ralph's imports it directly, with Metro Manila delivery.