It starts out mild and mildly umami, then becomes tense in the middle, and finishes dry and crisp.
It is rare to have such a spicy aftertaste with a mild umami taste.
It is a well-made food sake that is surprising at the end, but has no peculiarities and can be drunk with ease.
Japanese sake
Ingredients: Rice (domestic), Rice malt (domestic)
Rice polishing ratio: 50
Alcohol content: 16
The birthday present I get from a female colleague from my former company has been sake for the past many years😊and she does her best to choose it for me even though she's a non-drinker. I'm very happy about that ✨.
This year I got a set of 2 bottles of Kagatobi. Today I'm opening a bottle of this one.
It has a deep aroma, and when you smell it, it penetrates deep into your nostrils. I thought it might be sweet, but when I put it in my mouth, the sweetness is not so much sweet as it is umami. It is a very beautiful sake with no impurities. It is delicious. I savored it slowly (compared to our company).
I was in the office for 5 days this week, which is rare for me, but it was tough because of all the noise 😆 That said, I'm not sure about 4 days in Nagano next week. 2 nights and 3 days would be better 😅.
I got this sake at Fukumitsuya in Kanazawa, which I visited the other day.
It was more expensive than expected (about 5.5k, I think), but I bought it because it was delicious.
Personally, however, I preferred it when it was very cold (when I tasted it at Fukumitsuya) rather than at near room temperature (when I drank it at home this time).
Accompanying it were seared kuromutsu and jakoten (fish cake).