In recent years, however, the preconditioned, "sake produced only from rice," which was taken for granted in the past, gives a fresh image and junmaishu has been forming one of the categories in the world of sake.
しかし、近年では「米だけで造ってある酒」という、もとは当たり前だった前提がかえって新鮮なイメージを呼び、純米酒は日本酒のなかに一つのカテゴリーを形成しつつある。