Mid-Autumn Moon, Moon Cake Festival .
My husband, who had a meeting on US time, stayed in Yuzawa and brought back a taste of autumn as a souvenir.
It was grilled eggplant with grated daikon and ginger soy sauce, served at room temperature. The aroma was amazing, I was drinking sake, the flavor was robust. Delicious.
It is still hot in Tokyo, but autumn is definitely approaching.
Isetan Tachikawa Store
At Yoshinogawa promotion
Reasonably priced and hard to find labels
For your boss 🎁 and for home
Fruity, well-balanced, delicious and handsome
A versatile sake that goes well with any meal!
It will surely enrich your everyday dining table!
I find myself drinking Niigata Prefecture's 🍶 the most.
I went to visit the "Yoshinogawa Museum" that was built near my parents' house.
It is a "limited edition" sake sold only there 🍶.
So there is no label 😲😲.
The aroma is gorgeous✨.
Sweet with a hint of sourness 😉.
Freshly made, so it's pretty rich and full of flavor 🎵.
I made sure to buy some souvenirs 😜.
Yoshinogawa Long Aged Koshu (Old Sake) Yuukyu-no-tori 2008 received as a birthday present.
I was looking forward to this day as it was my first time to drink old sake of this level.
It looked like whiskey, so I thought the aroma would be whiskey as well, but it was more like vinegar with a strong sourness, followed by the smell of matured alcohol.
When I actually drank it, the sourness was not as strong as the aroma, but rather an aged, gentle sweetness like that of whiskey spread in my mouth, with a moderate sourness coming from it. It is not as strong as whiskey, so it is easy to drink.
Yoshinogawa Minamo Nakakumi Junmai Daiginjo Genshu
Rice (Niigata Prefecture), Rice Koji (Niigata Prefecture)
Rice polishing ratio 40
Alcohol 17%.
Made with Niigata S-9 yeast
Yoshinogawa Corporation
Setaya, Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture
It has a thick texture. It is thick when poured.
The aroma and taste of wood are prominent.
The alcohol content is high, but you don't feel it.
After the sweet taste, the aroma of wood and alcohol leaves the nose.
★☆☆☆☆ / Cold Sake
Sake made by blending.
It has a soft and smooth taste and is slightly dry with the umami of rice spreading through it, making it ideal as a mid-meal sake.
