This is not wine.
It is the gold medal winner at Kura Master 2022.
This is the Meito Masamune Otsuten, which won a gold medal at the Kura Master 2022.
I had no idea about this sake, and it was a gift.
I was anxious and hopeful when I had it 😆.
The aroma is like an elegant and gentle wine 🤤.
The taste is also like a gentle wine 🤤.
But it doesn't end there.
After the sweetness spreads out, a hint of astringent bitterness appears, and finally we are enveloped by the taste of rice 😁.
After all, it is sake 😚.
I could not find what to pair it with because it is so gentle that I could not taste it as a food sake 😎.
Special Junmai I got SHIRASAGI YAMADANISHIKI 65 for overseas. I believe the name in Japan is Otten by Meito Masamune. It is one of my favorite bottles.
It has a refreshing mouthfeel, and although it is sweet, you can feel the rice in this sake. We recommend drinking it cold.
I had it with cream cheese and dried fruits. It seems to cleanse the palate even after eating oily food.
It is a limited edition souvenir from Himeji City.
I was impressed with how good it could be when made with rice from Banshu, the home of Yamada-Nishiki, and brewed with local water.
This sake is made with yeast and malted rice collected from the Niwada Shrine, and 90% pounded rice.
Yellow-colored sake with a slightly cloudy appearance.
The aroma is like ripe fruits and bananas, with a hint of isoamyl acetate? There is also an apple aroma, and a sense of white balls.
After a quick entry, the volume of sourness and sweetness spreads quickly. The sweetness covers the sourness. The balance is not bad.
Serve lukewarm. The sweetness and acidity are softened and the taste becomes more relaxed. The volume is still there, so it would be good with solid meat dishes or fish with vinegar, served lukewarm.
It is an eventful sake, but tasty enough.
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Himeji sake, Shirasagi-no-jo Gaku.
This is a sake that has been aged for two years in the Ikuno Ginzan.
It is sealed with a cork and you can feel the yeast coming to life!
The taste is not as harsh as that of old sake, yet it has a deep, robust flavor that spreads out in the mouth and leaves a deep, full-flavored, dark aftertaste that lingers for a long time. I thought this would be a good main course, so I served it with shime saba (mackerel).
Both have a slightly sour taste and are a very, very good combination. If you visit Ikuno Ginzan, please buy some. Actually, the wine aged in the silver mine was much better (laugh). I'll put that on the list as well.
Souvenir of Himeji. Daiginjo-Shirasagi-no-jo Limited edition sake. Made from Yamadanishiki produced in Hyogo Prefecture, this sake is easy to drink. The alcohol content is 17%, but it is refreshing and easy to drink.
Here's another bottle that a friend brought to a house party.
A bottle brewed with a rare rice called Nojoho from Hyogo Prefecture!
It was the first time for me to drink this sake rice, but it has an austere ginjo aroma and a crisp, umami mouthfeel, and as you gulp it down, the richness of the flavor gradually spreads.
It was a tasty bottle of sake that made even the thickest negitoro (green onion soup) go down without a hitch!
Rice polishing ratio: 53% (100% Nojoho from Hyogo Prefecture)
Alcohol content: 16%.
A full-flavored sake. 100% Yamadanishiki from Hyogo Prefecture is used. It seems to have a complex flavor, mainly sweetness! The color is a little yellowish and slightly sour. I felt that there was a sense of alcohol, but it was not unpleasant. I thought it could be drunk slowly and sipped slowly!
I was told that it is a sake brewery in Hyogo and is consumed mainly in the prefecture and not distributed much in Tokyo. It is not a bad idea to try a sake that is totally unknown and rarely available, as I learned a lot. It seems to go well with anything with flavorful food.
The sweetness of the rice is combined with the sweetness from the alcohol and soaks deeply into the palate. Each element is clear, but everything is in perfect harmony, giving the wine a punch, yet it is exquisitely delicate and elegant.