Understand the Label

Decode the label.

A sake label is a spec sheet written in a language most wine drinkers were never taught. Here’s one bottle, front and back — tap anything to translate it.

Specimen · 見本

裏ラベル · Back label

造り・状態 · Method & state

搾り・引き方 · Pressing & draw

An illustrative bottle — brand, brewery and brewer are placeholders. The numbers change label to label; the meaning doesn’t. The Sake Anatomy