Sake List              
Jun-mai-shu

Jun-mai-shu is sake brewed using only rice, spring water, koji, and yeast.The word Junmai means "pure rice." No alcohol or spirit is added to the final product. Junmai sake is generally full-bodied and slightly acidic.

    SMV Prefecture Glass 300ml 720ml 1.8L
Kurosawa "black river" +2 Nagano 8.25     72.5
Hananomai "dance of flowers" +5 Shizuoka 8.75 19. 41. 77.
Hatsumago "first grandchild" +2 Yamagata 9.75 19.75   86.
Suishin "drunken heart" +3 Hiroshima 10.75     95.
Otokoyama "mountain man" +8 Hokkaido 10.25     90.5
Harushika "spring deer" +12 Nara 10.25     90.5
               
Gin-jo-shu Ginjo-shu is sake made with rice polished to the extent that the outer 50% of each grain has been polished away. Ginjo-shu is layered and complex, lighter and, more fragrant.
    SMV Prefecture Glass 300ml 720ml 1.8L
Katana "sword" +7 Shizuoka 8.75   41.5 77.
Bishonen "beautiful boy" +2 Kumamoto 10.75     95.
Masumi "clarity" +5 Nagano 10.75     95.
               
Dai-ginjo-shu Daiginjo-shu is similar to Ginjo; however, at least the outer 60% of each grain of rice has been polished into oblivion. The various brewing processes are handled with even more care and attention. Daiginjo is even lighter and more fragrant than Ginjo. It represents the top of the sake line.
    SMV Prefecture Glass 300ml 720ml 1.8L
Mu "nothingness" +2 Hyogo 13.25   53.5  
Horin "Pegasus" +3 Kyoto 14.25 28.5 71.  
Onikoroshi "Devil Slayer" +2 Shizuoka 14.   125.  
               
Nigori Sake Nigori, or "cloudy sake" is sake that has been roughly filtered allowing some of the rice solids back into the final brew. The resulting sake is milky white and is generally on the sweet side.
    SMV Prefecture Glass 300ml 720ml 1.8L
Yaegaki "eight walls" -12 Hyogo 8.25   33.  
               

SMV represents dryness/sweetness of sake, with +12: driest and -12: sweetest.