We welcomed a sake that we enjoyed drinking at an izakaya.
The aroma is fruity, with a fresh sweetness and acidity like muscat, and the second half is tangy and dry.
Two days after opening the bottle, the sweetness and acidity increased and it became more mellow and muscat-like.
It is light on the palate, so it is easy to drink, but the umami and richness of junmai sake can also be felt and the balance is excellent!
I have been on a local sake boom in Nagano recently. It is delicious.
One of my favorite Shinshu sake, summer sake from Kuroemon XVI 😆.
I like the mosquito coils on the label 👍
The sake is juicy, refreshing and well-balanced 🤤.
It was gone in no time 🙌!
Slight schwarziness
Juicy aroma and sweet flavor
Lingering in the mouth
Quite my favorite flavor
Serve with cream cheese soaked in brown sugar and soy sauce
The richness of the cream cheese is combined with the richness of the brown sugar and soy sauce.
It did not go well with the liver with sesame salt.
Kinmonn Nishiki's freshness that we got last year too!
It is rich, sweet and delicious 😋.
But surprisingly acidic and not too heavy 🤔.
Nagano sake =👍 after all!
This is the first time in a long time that I have uncorked a bottle of Junmai Genshu from Yukawa Sake Brewery's Kuroemon XVI.
The sake rice is 100% Hitogochi, and the rice polishing ratio is 60%.
It is a sake made using the "nama-hashiroshi" method, but it does not have a "nama-hashiroshi" feel to it, but rather a complexity. The bitterness and umami are well developed.
In the mouth, the acidity stands out. Even though it is a lactic acidity from the sake yeast line, it has a youthful feeling like unsweetened yogurt rather than butter, and there is a slight gassy feeling.
An IWC award-winning, fruity sake that foreigners might like. Although you can feel the alcohol on your tongue, the balance of aroma, umami, and taste is one word that describes it wonderfully.
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It has been one week since the bottle was uncorked. The taste has settled down. The gasiness that had been present for a while has calmed down, and it has become easier to drink.
It might be good to try heating sake.
