Purchased at Sumino Sake Shop in Nagata-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture.
It has a pleasantly soft sweetness and a gentle yet deep flavor. A sake to be savored long into the autumn evening. It may be best as a food sake.
Sake from Misato Town, Akita Prefecture
Rice: 100% Yamadanishiki
Rice polishing ratio: 60
Alcohol content: 16%.
Yeast: KA-4
A perfect match with rice dishes.
🍶 A little tangy on the tongue, with a clean taste. I thought the label was fireworks, but it was chestnuts. So we are starting a series of chestnut labels to follow the fireworks pattern collection 🌰.
［The first one is called "🌰-1.]
I had a big event scheduled outdoors today, but unfortunately it rained and I had to postpone it until next week. ☂️
I've been working all day long, but I've only been working in a whimper because I've been so focused on today 😅. I couldn't control my motivation very well 😅.
On a day like this, when it feels hot and humid because of the rain, I'm drinking summer sake ❣️ with a spring water label 😆 Cool label is cute💕!
I sipped it and said "Yum! The aroma is just right and slightly sweet. The aroma has just the right spread and is slightly sweet, and the fresh crispness is nice too❤️Total, it's a beautifully balanced sake❤️
I sometimes have that experience when I drink sake where I say it tastes good within seconds, but this one makes me grin afterwards 😊.
Good morning, Wakata 😃.
I'm sure it's a bummer to be all excited ‼️enki~... 😩 Let's gradually raise the tension again 😩.
It's a blissful moment when you are eating your fill of umamari 😋 and then smiling 😁. ☺️
Hi Jay & Nobby 😃Gosh, that's exactly how it was 🥲It's postponed to this Friday, but another typhoon 🌀I don't know when 😅I'll drown myself in alcohol every time I get there👍
It's freshly opened, so it has a schwatty feel to it. ‼️
The modest fruity feeling on the rise quickly disappears and the bitterness comes in 😋.
The bitterness lasts for a long time.
◎Misato Town, Akita Prefecture, Japan. It is 100% Yamada-Nishiki.
It is an easy-drinking sake with a touch of acidity and seems to go well with both Japanese and Western cuisine.
Sake rice: Misato Nishiki
It is a straightforward expression: "Spring is here 🌸". It is calm, soft, and gentle.
Marriage with salmon roe and rice! A treat 😋!
"Haruka" is a sake brewery located at the foot of the Ou Mountains in the interior of Akita Prefecture. The brewery places great importance on brewing sake using the high-quality, soft local water originating from the melting snow in this mountain range. This is the only sake in the Haruka lineup brewed with Akita's native "Rokugo" yeast, and we hope you will enjoy the rich flavors of Misato and Rokugo."
Exposition.
Harugasumi Junmai
Harukasumi Green Label
Harukasumi White Label
From Kuribayashi Sake Brewery in Akita Prefecture. Light as water and soft as spring, the overall impression is light and I think it would be great as an aperitif. It doesn't have a huge impact on the palate, but strangely, I remembered the green label the whole time. There was a famous label called NEXT FIVE or something, and the smooth texture was definitely good. Without any prior knowledge, I felt like I was doing a blind test with my eyes.
The first day the bottle is opened, it is slightly spicy and hard, with a pleasant slight piquancy. On the second or third day, the sweetness gradually increases, and the slight piquancy is still there. Overall, there are no peculiarities, and the rice flavor is sufficient.
☆☆☆☆
Sake from Akita
Harukasumi also released Rokugo Higashine, but both are made from Misato Nishiki, and the difference between them is the rice paddies.
The sake and acidity levels are almost the same, so I chose this one because of its pink label.
It was a delicious sake with a well-balanced, mellow flavor.
It would have been nice to compare them!
Posting No. 537.
It is a full-bodied sake. It is not too acidic, has a good amount of umami, and has a calm and firm taste.
Pairing with Ate
salted fish
Stewed motsu (pork cutlet)
Edamame (green soybeans)
Personal Favorite ★★★+☆☆☆☆
This is an autumn version of the chestnut label. The design of the chestnut and fallen leaves is most "in character" with the yellow image color. There was a long time when Kumamoto yeast and Yamada Nishiki, a combination of big names, were traditionally said to be the strongest tag team. The sake is surprisingly juicy and fresh, with a modern taste. It may be a Junmai sake that will change the image of Harukaze as "a sake as gentle as a spring haze" in a good way. However, it does not have a brisk ginjo aroma, but rather a clean aroma and moderate acidity that will complement your meal, and the basic stance of this sake is that it is a mealtime sake. This is a limited edition sake that should be enjoyed slightly chilled and savored carefully.
