Gekkeikan Horin Junmai Daiginjo

Drawing on nearly four centuries of Gekkeikan's brewing heritage, Horin (Phoenix) is the company's premium Junmai Daiginjo. Made in the Fushimi district of Kyoto with the area's famed soft water and Yamada Nishiki polished to 50%, it is a gentle, rounded sake with elegant floral aromatics and a smooth, clean finish. It reaches 15.5% ABV with a near-neutral sake meter value of +1 and a low acidity of 1.2. Its flavor is fruit- and floral-forward with a light sweetness. Horin demonstrates that a large, historic brewery maintains a high-end artisan range alongside its everyday production.

Horin (Phoenix) represents the summit of Gekkeikan's nearly 400-year brewing heritage. This Junmai Daiginjo uses Fushimi's famed soft water and premium Yamada Nishiki to create a gentle, rounded sake with elegant floral aromatics and a smooth, clean finish. Horin proves that even the largest historical breweries maintain living artisan traditions.