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Sake Glossary |
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- Junmai-shu (pure rice wine; no adding of
distilled alcohol)
NOTE: Until recently, at least 30% of the rice used for Junmai
sake had to be milled away. But the laws have changed, and
Junmai no longer requires a specified milling rate.
Nevertheless, the amount milled away must, by law, be listed
somewhere on the label.
- Honjozo-shu (at least 30% of rice polished
away; a tad of distilled alcohol is added)
- Ginjo-shu (at least 40% of rice polished away;
with or without alcohol added; if bottle is labeled Ginjo, it
means distilled alcohol was added; if labeled Junmai Ginjo, it
means no alcohol added)
- Daiginjo-shu (at least 50% of rice polished
away; again with or without added alcohol; if bottle is labeled
Daiginjo, it means distilled alcohol was added; if labeled
Junmai Daiginjo, it means no alcohol added)
- Namazake (special 5th designation for
unpasteurized sake; incorporates all four above)
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