Niizawa Brewery established in 1873 in Miyagi Prefecture. NIIZAWA Brewery owned by 5th generation brewer Mr. Iwao Niizawa. The 2011 earthquake devatated the region, and forced to move to a safer and higher land for new brewing facility. The brewery's mission is to brew sake for perfect good matching. They believe good sake can bring out the flavour in good food as well as achieving harmony. His sake was selected to be one of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Official Sake products, and is currently served by JAL for their first and business class passengers. Zankyo Super 7 is the super premium series, and the annual production is limited to 999 bottles.

The sake was brewed with a technical mindset. We suppressed the yeast-derived ginjo aroma and experimented with the core flavor of the rice. As soon as it finished fermenting, we were contacted by breweries in the same industry who wanted to taste the sake. We thought if industry professionals were interested in the sake, then our customers would be as well – from there Zankyo was born.
At its conception, Zankyo’s rice polishing ratio was 9%. Since then it has evolved from 9%, to 8%, to 7%, the current rice polishing ratio. It is an infinitely pure, beautifully translucent, and stunningly balanced sake of exceptional quality.

It takes 350 hours for milling rice to RPR 7% and aged in brewery one year at ice temperature in order to complete the superb taste. Elegant aroma of grape, citrus, strawberry and flora. The palate is refine, smooth and silky with delicate acidity. You will be shocked how RPR 7% rice is used to brew such impressive sake like this.

Bronze Award - Super Premium Category sake in Sake Competition 2016