Today is Izutsucho.
Nagano was given to me as a mid-year gift from someone in Saku ✨.
I wonder what it smells like, fruity aroma -> sharpness -> soft sweetness -> alcohol bitterness -> full lingering taste. Delicious.
Made in March 2012, shipped in June 2013, it takes a long time.
According to the official description, "This is our brewery's best sake, carefully polished with Miyamanishiki and Kinmonnishiki rice produced in Nagano Prefecture and brewed slowly during the harsh winter season, based on the concept of a Daiginjo that is unique to Nagano without relying on high-grade sake rice produced in other prefectures.
It is a daiginjo that is not flashy, but has a pleasant ginkoku (gin aroma) and a refined, full-bodied sweetness."
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On a trip to Nagano, I compared six different kinds of sake at a place on the Nakamise street of Zenkoji temple.
The aroma is mellow and the taste is robust.
I bought it with sake when I visited the brewery 🍶. I don't know about the original sake as this was my first time to Izutsucho, but the first thing I noticed was a very pretty strawberry color from the amazake lees mixed with the pink 🩷 of the pickled plums. The flavor has a mild topping aroma and a slightly stronger sourness from the pickled plums. I expected it to be a bit sweeter since it is an amazake, but it is quite sour and refreshing in the hot summer months, and it also increases one's appetite as an aperitif 😆.
Where to buy: Kurosawa Sake Brewery, Kurage Direct Sales Department
I found another great sake ♫
I want to say, "I found another great sake!
It is a fresh, fruity, and quite sweet sake. The subtle petitiveness just before the slight foaming sensation is very enticing to the palate.
And the alcohol content is 19%, so you get a big thump right after drinking it!
We're all going to have a good time getting drunk today! and opened a bottle of this one, and we all toasted with glasses full of it! Let's go drink it up!
I thought to myself, "If I could do this with ......... when I was in my late 20s or early 30s, it would be a happy party...".
I've heard that there are a lot of sake in Nagano (not just wine), and I think it has high potential.
The peaceful scenery of Kawakami-cho in Minamisaku-gun is one of my precious things.
I'd love to drink there again.
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
Aroma of cooked rice. Light and dry. Slightly ginjo aroma. Mmmm.
Purchased at Maruto Otsuka, a liquor store in front of Nakagome Station. The first generation of the family served an apprenticeship at Kurosawa Shuzo, and the name of the brewery, Maruto, is said to have been given to them. It is a local specialty.
Picture 3 is Izutsucho's Iekei Ramen with Sake Lees. The aroma of the pork bone and sake is combined, and I think it tastes better than last year. This year, too, the event is a collaboration between a sake brewery and a ramen shop in Saku. This year, a confectionary shop also participated. I am going to Saku again every day.
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The waitress said, "This is delicious 😁".
Very deep sweetness😊.
Just swallowing it, you can smell the ginjo aroma 😚.
It has a clear sweetness, but also thickness.
The sweetness is well balanced and the ginjo aroma is wonderful👍.
It is the kind of sake that makes you want to drink it often 🍶🍶🍶🍶.
Opened December 1, 2024
Purchased at the brewery for love of tasting.
Clean and dry!
However, it is thick, as is the case with nama-shu!
The sweetness of the body as well as the bitterness at the end is indescribable ^ ^.
It's really fresh and delicious!
Because it is spicy, it goes well with food 🍳.
Kurosawa Sake Brewery in Nagano Prefecture. It is one of my favorite sake breweries.
It is said that the sake is matured in the Yonome Dam (not underwater).
[Aroma.
Ginjo aroma. Aroma: Apple and pineapple. Fruity aroma.
Taste
It is smooth on the palate and easy to drink fruity sake. It is easy to drink and fruity.
From the middle, the umami of rice and the spiciness of sake swell up in the mouth and nostrils.
In other words, it is "fruity and dry.
It is a very greedy taste.
I think it is in the plus range of sake.
Summary
It has a fruity aroma and taste.
But from the middle, you can also enjoy the umami of rice and the spiciness of sake.
You can enjoy the three-dimensional taste of this sake.
It is the season for hiyaoroshi.
◎I went nearby to stop by Kurosawa Shuzo, but they were closed on Sundays, so I bought a bottle of Kurosawa Shuzo "Izutsucho" Namahoshi Junmai㋣ at a nearby supermarket.
It comes in a slim 500 ml bottle, and the label, which looks like four ㋣s coming out of a gourd, has a fun atmosphere. It is said to be made from 100% Yamae-Nishiki from Nagano Prefecture.
It has a light, summery flavor, and at 12.5°, it has a bit of a rummy feel, perhaps due to the low alcohol content. It is delicious.
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