Kitajima Natural.1 Sake (1.8L, 18.2%)

Kitajima Natural.1 is a sake from the Kitajima brewery, founded in 1805 in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It is made from the revived local Wataribune rice variety and undergoes a long, temperature-controlled fermentation without carbon filtration. Water from an underground spring in the Suzuka mountains is used, and the brewery specialises in natural sake using traditional methods including the Kimoto method. It is bottled at 18.2% in a 1.8 litre bottle without packaging. The sake has a milky texture with a salty, spicy taste and a dry finish.