800 Soba (YAO buckweat)

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Enjoyed with meals

800 Soba is the world’s only brewed alcoholic beverage made with buckwheat koji.
It represents a new generation of SAKE that carries UNESCO-recognized traditional koji-based brewing into the future, offering a new experience at the dining table.

This flagship SAKE from LINNÉ is brewed with rice and buckwheat koji, applying refined Ginjo brewing techniques developed over more than a century. Premium Omachi sake rice from Okayama provides clarity and gentle sweetness, while organically grown buckwheat from Ichikara Farm in Ojiya, Niigata is transformed into koji.

For this release, an indigenous buckwheat variety, Horinouchi Zairai, was selected to highlight buckwheat’s distinctive aroma and flavor. The sake is finished using the traditional Hashira-shochu method with rice shochu distilled from sake lees at Abe Brewery (Niigata), resulting in a clean, dry finish and well-defined aftertaste.

At room temperature, it shows an elegant and dignified profile. When gently warmed, it develops a soft texture and aroma reminiscent of soba-yu (buckwheat broth).
Recommended pairings include Chikuzen-ni, Oden, grilled eel (Kabayaki), teriyaki chicken, warabi mochi, and dashi-wari.

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GERMANY ： Indirect transactions only

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