Suehiro Poochi Poochi Sparkling Sake

Style: Sparkling Nigori    Sparkling Method: Traditional (Championise)   ABV: 8%     Prefecture: Fukushima    Rice: Field blend        Rice Polish:  78%     Water: Natural Spring Water from Mt. Hakaseyama    Serve: Chilled Sparkling sakes are produced in numerous ways. Sometimes carbon dioxide is simply injected into a finished sake. Other methods are more refined such as capturing the CO² naturally produced during fermentation – similar to Prosecco. Some sparkling sakes are even produced by traditional method, like Champagne. Poochi Poochi is produced by allowing a slight, secondary in-bottle fermentation giving the sake a gentle sparkle. A very small amount of the sake lees and unfermented rice are left in the bottle, giving a slight cloudy effect. Hailing from the small region of Aizu within the Fukushima Prefecture since 1850, Suehiro Shuzo is truly one of the classic breweries of Japan, known throughout the country due to the number of national awards it has gained, and groundbr