Sake with a vigorous label. It reads "Yamato Gokoro."
At room temperature.
Grain aroma with sweetness. It has a mild, mature sweetness and a crisp umami flavor with a lingering aftertaste that lingers gradually, creating a relaxing aftertaste.
When heated, it has a rich, mellow aroma and a sweet, umami taste that will make you smile.
A perfect accompaniment on a cold day.
I'm drinking at home🎵
This is a gift from a friend who went to visit 88 places in Shikoku 🙏.
I'm not a big fan of nigori (cloudy) sake, so I went with heated sake 😁.
It's like amazake with alcohol and it's delicious 😋.
At Kaorihime, Shinbashi
(Delicious and well-balanced!
Sea bream and Matsuyama-age tofu paste with vegetables
And I think I forgot to take a picture of the appetizer, but I was very surprised at how delicious the seasoning was!
The 4th Shikoku Souvenir
Sake brewed by a sake brewery in Saijo City (formerly Toyo City) with rice produced in Ehime Prefecture (Matsuyama Mitsui, Shizuku Ehime).
That alone is enough to pass the test!
It is dry and strong. It is very drinkable.
It is a sake that goes well with summer!
OSAKA SAKE&FOOD EXPO 2024⑳
We returned to the Yomiuri Shimbun booth again.
We tasted "Yamato Kokoro" which we hadn't tasted yet.
I have seen Takeda's "Ehime Ichie" before, but this was my first time to taste "Nihon Kokoro".
The brewing water is from the "Uchinuki" spring in the Ishizuchi mountain range.
Ehimeichikai" is a new brand launched by Shozo Takeda, the head brewer of the brewery.
Nihon Shin Michi Junmai Daiginjo
A well-balanced, high quality sake with sweetness, umami, and bitterness. It has a little bit of a tang. I think it would have been better if it was chilled.
The label is a chic black and white horizontal stripe, I don't know what kind of sake it is😅.
OSAKA SAKE & FOOD EXPO 2024⑱.
The last of the Yomiuri Shimbun booth is here.
There are stores where you can buy Nihonshin, and I've had it, but I've never seen such an expensive sake...
Yamada-Nishiki 40% polished rice
More modern label than the Nihonshin I drank at home 😁.
It's gorgeous, but I felt it's more sake-like...
The label is also modern and written in English, so I wonder if it's for export?
🌾Matsuyama Mitsui 71% Shizuku Ehime 29% 🅰️15 degrees 🍶+10
Purchased at Harrods. Although it is labeled as dry, the umami flavor is quite apparent, and the drinkability seems to be acceptable even for those who are not fond of sake. No bad taste at all.
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This one, like the Ko-Imari, was purchased when I was with Yoohee-san.
The rice is Matsuyama Mitsui.
It has a melon-like taste and a strong bitter taste like bitter melon. I thought it would be a little sweeter, but it is quite spicy.
It is more like melon or cemedine.
It is not my favorite type of rice.
Hi Yoohee 😃
Positively written, it has a nuance like melon or gourd, but I think it's cemedine because it's so nasty and tungsten 🤔 some people don't seem to mind it....
I was caught up in the bag squeezing and it was a mistake 💦.