However, representative sakes that are sold as daiginjo or submitted to Zenkoku Shinshu Kanpyokai (National New Sake Appraising and Deliberating Fair) are brewed with real care and use sandan-jikomi.
しかし、本当に大切に造る酒、たとえばその蔵の看板ともいえる日本酒大吟醸や、全国新酒鑑評会への出品酒は、あくまでも三段仕込みで造っている。