As celebrities from all over the world have paid attention, sake has become increasingly difficult to obtain.
Some of them are called “Phantom Sake,” which is said to be difficult for ordinary people to obtain. Here, we will introduce you to the phantom sake that you would like to drink once in your lifetime from among the more than 2 types of sake.
We will also explain why the sake that you should have been able to drink at a reasonable price will come with a premier.
Why expensive premium sake is born
Many people are worried about why premium sake that costs tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of yen is born.
If you can usually get it for a few thousand yen, but the price will soar that it can't be doubled.
First, sake flows from breweries (sake makers) through wholesalers to retail stores such as liquor stores and mass retailers, and finally reaches the consumer.
As for the price, sake brewery first decides the standard retail price, and usually sells sake to specific wholesalers and retailers with contracts.
Retailers and wholesalers sell their products by adding some price to the purchase price to make a profit. However, it is not uncommon for a “broker” to intervene when a specially-produced sake with limited production volume or seasonal products are sold.
When a broker intervenes, it purchases at a much higher price than the decline price suggested by the brewer, so the selling price naturally increases and the price soars to a very high price that can be expressed as a “premier price”. It will end up.
Sake that has become a hot topic in the media and events also soars
There are many cases in which brokers intervene to obtain information from breweries and sake wholesalers, but it is often the case that brokers run for buying after being introduced on TV media.
Although it is not Japanese sake, the minor wine, Beaujolais Nouveau, has been introduced in the media every year, and there are cases where recognition in Japan has increased.
Also, sake used as a hospitality for international events will spread at once, even if it is not well known, and the price will rise as a phantom sake.
A typical example is "Isoji Man", which is produced by the long-established brewery "Yazumi Sake Brewery" in Yaizu City, Shizuoka Prefecture.
It is a brand of Japanese sake that became famous at a stretch because it was served as a toast at the 2008 Main Summit Meeting, also known as the Toyako Summit, held in 34.
The `` Pride Boasting Nakatori Jungin Daiginjo 35 '' is known as a sake made with the highest quality, with a focus on yield, and it is a phantom sake that is not available after the Toyako Summit. It can be said that the representative.
Above all, “La Isojiman” is in circulation at an unprecedented price of 720 million in 10ml.
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"Japanese food" is registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
The last reason for the premier sake is that “Japanese food” has been registered as an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO.
It was created with the aim of protecting the culture deeply related to the country's history and customs and boosting the understanding of other countries, but many Japanese dishes were registered in 2013. The awareness of increased.
Not only Japanese food, but also Japanese sake, which is compatible with Japanese food, has been globalized, and overseas exports have risen sharply since 2010. Until now, it was mainly in Asia, such as China and South Korea, but demand in the United States and European countries has increased, and since sake with a low production volume has flowed overseas, the premiere has progressed. The
Originally regarded as a high-class sake among Japanese sake, “Pure Rice Daiginjo Sake” was valued by the world market as being too cheap for its high quality.
Since it has come to be demanded from around the world as a set with Japanese food, it is now being offered for several hundred thousand yen in 1 bottles at overseas luxury hotels.
In hotels in cities such as Dubai, where celebrities from all over the world gather, Mujak Junmai Daiginjo, manufactured by Horie Sake Brewery in Yamaguchi Prefecture, is priced at 60 10,000 yen.
5 selection of phantom sake you want to say on a special day
If you don't like sake, you don't want to get 1, 60 10,000 yen. However, there are many people who want to use a different kind of illusionary sake in special occasions such as celebrations.
Here are some 10 items that are famous as “Phantom Sake”.
Black Dragon Junmai Daiginjo Ishidaya
Speaking of Black Dragon, it is known as a synonym for Premier Sake, and among the Black Dragons, the 4 brands of “Ishidaya”, “Ninzaemon”, “Eighty-eight” and “Shizuku” are known.
If you open a wooden box that seems to be tied, you can face Ishidaya in a beautiful blue bottle like a deep sea.
The seal using old paper from Fukui Prefecture, where the black brewing brewery is located, is the character of “Sake Sake Black Dragon Aging”. A standing fragrance reminiscent of melon and a too gentle taste.
Among the premier sakes, Kuroryu Ishidaya's charm is that you can get it in the cheap 4 million yen range.
| Eur-lex.europa.eu eur-lex.europa.eu | 720 ml |
| Price | 40,000-47,500 (excluding tax) |
| Alcohol | 16 degrees |
| Used rice | Special A Yamada Nishiki 35% polished rice from Tojo, Hyogo Prefecture |
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Kureai Junmai Daiginjo Tsuru-neck
Limited pure rice Daiginjo sake crane head manufactured to commemorate the birth of the crane age 300. 1 book 1 book The finest sake that is confined in a memorial bottle of Arita porcelain, which has been carefully painted, is a gem of high-class sake that has nothing sharp and has a refreshing taste.
The bottle is designed by famous creative director “Kashiwa Sato”, and the bottled containers are shipped in vacuum packs in the hope of inheriting this work in the future. Thorough.
The bottle design alone is a unique 1 book, so you can be satisfied with the premiere.
| Eur-lex.europa.eu eur-lex.europa.eu | 720 ml |
| Price | 170,000yen (tax exception) |
| Alcohol | 17 degrees |
| Used rice | Yue Yuli 30% Rice |
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Isojiman Junmai Daiginjo
A phantom sake that makes a neodymium glass purple-colored bottle feel like a diamond.
Junmai Daiginjo, which is proud of the growing demand in the world as well as in the world as a result of being served as a toast at the Toyako Summit mentioned above, is too famous as a premium sake that cannot be obtained.
Using the latest equipment, such as rice graters and diamond roll rice mills, the term “perfect” made by carefully selecting the finest Akitsu rice is appropriate.
Of particular note is ultra-high milled rice of 19%. If the rice milling is done so far, the ultimate nerve will be required for the next process of washing and water absorption.
It is a sake that has a lot of fans when it comes to a pleasantly strong sweetness that cannot be imagined from sake that uses high-milled rice.
| Eur-lex.europa.eu eur-lex.europa.eu | 720 ml |
| Price | 100,000yen (tax exception) |
| Alcohol | 16More than 17 degrees |
| Used rice | Hyogo prefecture special A district Tojo Akitsu special rice AAA Yamada Nishiki 19% polished rice |
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Fourteenth generation Hakuunkyo Junmai Daiginjo
Speaking of premier sake, the fourteenth generation is famous as a high-class sake. Among them, Sakuun Seiryo Junmai Daiginjo, which was produced as a commemoration of the year of the founding of Takagi Shuzo, the brewery, is a sake that is sold at a very high price.
The sweetness that is characteristic of the 14th generation and the sweetness that is characteristic of the 14th generation spreads in the mouth, and the roundness that is felt when it is fully aged disappears with a slight refined finish.
Once in the mouth, it is a limited edition of the 14th generation that is a representative of sake that you don't want to drink again and that you can drink. There is no doubt that it can be convinced that the price exceeds 10 10,000 yen.
| Eur-lex.europa.eu eur-lex.europa.eu | 720 ml |
| Price | 115,000yen (tax exception) |
| Alcohol | 16Every time |
| Used rice | Yamada Nishiki 35% polished rice from Yoshikawa-cho, Hyogo Prefecture, Special Region A |
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Fourteenth Ryusen Junmai Daiginjo Great White Shirosuke
A jewelry-like box decorated with red velor is no longer a synonym for 14th generation Ryusen. The sake rice, which is said to be the name of the dragon that has become the name of the dragon, is the Yamasake 4, made by crossing Yamada Nishiki and Kinmon Nishiki.
Ryusen is said to be the finest sake of the 14th generation, carefully produced based on compatible rice made for sake that was born through repeated mating and breeding over the years of 18.
Among the fourteenth generations, Ryusen, produced exclusively for the wedding of the fifteenth generation Kengen Takagi, is “Daisenjo Morosuke”.
Even though it is cheap, it is around 30 10,000 yen, and it is more than 50 10,000 yen at high prices. Because there are few, it can be said that it is a satisfactory price.
| Eur-lex.europa.eu eur-lex.europa.eu | 720 ml |
| Price | 300,000-500,000 (excluding tax) |
| Alcohol | 16Every time |
| Used rice | Sticky rice, Kake rice co-developed, self-developed, Dragon's fallen rice |
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How to get Premier Sake
Sake with a premier is not easily sold in general retail stores, and it is difficult for ordinary consumers to get.
Even if you want to get it on the Internet mail order etc., it is sold at a high price that will make your eyes pop out at auction etc., so even if you discover it is not likely to lead to purchase .
So here's how to get premium sake.
Purchase at a distributor
You can find premier sake at the online auction, but it is sold several times or tens of times more than the regular price, so it is not recommended unless you have a financial margin.
Therefore, the method of researching and purchasing a dealer is recommended. Many sake breweries in the Japanese sake industry only sell their products to dealers.
The reason is that there is a desire that you only want to handle a product like a crystal of life manufactured on Teshio that can be trusted only by a reliable store.
In addition, we want you to sell appropriately at the list price that Kuramoto is seeking. In addition, there is a desire to establish a high brand image by having face-to-face sales that can explain the product firmly.
In fact, sake is also known as a product whose quality control is difficult. Distributors that can manage UV rays that would deteriorate, and that can be stored without touching oxygen.
If you make a mistake in temperature management, you will miss the most delicious state. Sales are entrusted only to specific dealers (exclusive dealers) who satisfy these 3 conditions.
However, it is said that finding a dealer is difficult. The reason is that the number of dealers who sell rare Japanese sake at unprecedented prices at online auctions and other places that want to sell it only to reliable customers is increasing.
In particular, the high-priced “14th generation” and “Taiko” dealers rarely sell to new customers, and there are many cases in which they sell only to fixed customers.
In other words, thanks to some of the fraudulent resale customers, consumers who really want to enjoy sake have created a structure in which premium sake doesn't come around.
Summary
How was it. In addition to the 5 premier sakes introduced here, there are other famous sakes such as “Taiko”, “Hatsukame”, “Nanata”, “Saku”, “Sakai Matsuri”, and “Hiroki”.
Finding a dealer can be a daunting task, but it's well worth it if you want to eat a really delicious sake at a reasonable price.
I want to have a premier sake that I can't usually eat even on a special day in my lifetime.
