Celebrate the season with this limited-edition New Year Nigori from Yamagata Masamune. Smooth, creamy, and gently sweet, it offers notes of rice pudding, coconut, and soft tropical fruit wrapped in festive holiday packaging. Enjoy it well-chilled for a joyful, elegant toast to the new year. Limited release—perfect for gifting or celebrating.
Details
Regular price
$55.00
HOW TO ENJOY
PAIRING
This festive nigori pairs beautifully with creamy, rich winter dishes — think fried chicken, spicy karaage, hot pot, or buttery seafood like crab and scallops. Its gentle sweetness also complements desserts such as strawberry shortcake or holiday cookies.
SERVING
Serve well-chilled to highlight its creamy texture and refreshing sweetness. Gently invert the bottle before pouring to mix the settled rice sediment. Best enjoyed in a wine glass or ochoko to appreciate its aroma and silky body.
ABOUT THE BREWERY
Mitobe Shuzo
Hailing from the highly competitive
Yamagata prefecture Mitobe sake brewery
has been devoted to quality Junmai sake
production for five generations. A stout
devotion traditional production methods
and the utilization of mineral rich water
from the Uwa mountains give the Yamagata
Masamune brand its characteristic swordlike
sharp flavor and expression. In 2004
Mitobe sake brewery began growing their
owns sake rice in Yamagata, furthering
their dedication to the region and quality
brewing ingredients.