Chiyomusubi Sparkling Sake Sorah (360 ml)

Founded in 1865 and stewarded by the Okasora family through the Taishō era and beyond, Chiyomusubi built its identity around Gōriki — a Tottori-exclusive rice variety that had nearly vanished by the mid-1950s and was resurrected through a 1998 collaboration between farmers, brewers, and Tottori University. Every grain used here is contract-grown under strict seed-purity protocols, making this one of the most traceable rice-to-bottle programs in Japanese sake. The brewery sits at the northwestern tip of Tottori Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast, and its brewing water is drawn from a natural spring at the foot of the Chugoku Mountains in Daito Town, Shimane Prefecture — a slightly soft water collected by hand on a three-hour round trip each brewing day, chosen for the clean, round fermentation profile it enables. Gōriki's genetic character — dense grain structure, low protein — produces sake with fuller body and greater aging potential than the lighter styles of Niigata or Hyogo, and that structural weight carries through even in this sparkling format. The Sorah is an unusual transgression for the brewery: carbonation applied to a rice variety celebrated for density and depth, creating tension between Gōriki's inherent richness and the lifted, effervescent delivery. Low-temperature fermentation and the brewery's proprietary yeast selection underpin the base sake before carbonation. A rare encounter with Tottori's most protected agricultural heritage in a format that challenges the variety's conventions.