Unable to stand the excessive heat, I went to a liquor store in search of a low-alcohol drink. I looked in the fridge and had no idea what I was looking for, so I asked the clerk and this sake came up. It was a new brand to me, but I had already had another brand from this brewery, so I bought it as recommended.
As is typical of Niigata sake, opening the bottle was no problem at all. According to the label on the back, only one bottle per year is brewed during the cold season.
The first sip is a slight sweetness, but that sweetness soon disappears and the spiciness of the royal road comes in. The aftertaste is slightly long, but if you drink it slowly, the initial sweetness will leave your nostrils at the end.
It is not a high-impact sake, but I think it is a dining sake that can be drunk smoothly during this hot season.
I went back home for the first time in a while to buy sake from a local brewery.
But it was closed on Saturdays and Sundays.
I gave up and found a one-cup bottle at a roadside station!
I really wanted to buy Junmai, but
But I had no choice.
It tastes like a samurai 😂.
Koshino-Shiratori 2040 No.11 Junmai Daiginjo Koshitanrei Unfiltered Unrefined Unrefined Sake
Rice:Niigata Prefecture "Koshitanrei
Rice polishing ratio: 50
Alcohol percentage: 16% (Manufactured: 10.10.2024)
This was served at the Joetsu Kenshin Sake Festival last October.
Yamama is limited to special dealers, so it seems that it cannot be sold at the event. This sake was sold for 2,000 yen, I believe, at the venue only.
This sake is aged for 2 years in 2021. Pouring it into a bowl, you can see that it is quite colored. There is no scent of old sake at all, and if you are not told, you would not know it is an aged sake.
Sake that originally has a sense of body is suitable for aging, isn't it? It is a round, glossy, and delicious sake. ✌️
Thank you very much for the food 😋.