Weekends are always a bit of a buzz ✨.
But the summer heat still hasn't settled in during the day, so I'm craving a fizzy, bubbly sake 🤤.
Well, today...I opened the first bottle of "Oku" which I had been curious about the label 🏷️ for a while but hadn't been able to buy it yet🍶.
The bottle label also has a stylish moon 🌙.
I'm excited from the description that it's slightly sparkling 🤣.
Then, let's get right to it....oooooh open 🍾...what is that?
What's that? It doesn't seem to have such a strong aroma 💧.
But I felt more like grape🍇❓ than pear🍐 as the description says🤔.
So, I'm going to try the top clear first 🙋.
Oh! This is a Fatty grape that's a bit drier 🍇.
It's similar to Takachiyo's grape... a taste that will leave you wanting more.
Next, stir and voila!
Yes, here it is... the stable and delicious one. The flavor and bubbles have become stronger... and even more drinkable 👌
There is a bit of bitterness and alcohol in the aftertaste, but it's not to the point where it bothers me.
If I were to write my personal favorite "tight" type from the dry type... Machida > Oku THE MOON > Takachiyo... ❗️
If you like Hiragana Takachiyo, I think it is definitely delicious 😁.
Day 2🗒️
Steady juwa deliciousness 😋!
I hope to buy this series next time 🤣.
sake made from sake lees
Soft and full with a fluffy rice aroma
Fruity, soft sweetness, slightly bitter aftertaste
Easy to drink, although there is a slightly peculiar aroma mixed in.
Light young fruity sweet and sour flavor.
Not too assertive, but very pleasant sake that leaves a strong impression of beautiful sweetness and mildly lingering acidity.
Not too fresh, well balanced and very tasty!
4.50
Here is a bottle to accompany this evening. I wonder if it would go well with grilled kama-yaki (straw fish cakes). When the bottle is opened, it has a wonderful aroma of fresh pears. When you put it in your mouth, you can feel a strong fizz on your lips and the tip of your tongue. In the clear dry taste, there is sweetness and rice flavor, and a weak bitterness rounds out the overall balance. As the name suggests, it is best on a hot day! Because of the strong fizziness, I tried a glass of champagne, but it might kill the goodness of the sake because it increases the clean dryness and the bitterness is also stronger.
Fried green beans with salt and pepper. I love this. The sake gets sweeter and the sharpness of the sake makes the oil flow and I can't get enough of it! There's no reason why sardine ball sandwiched between home-grown shiso and grilled can't go with it, too. Sake, I can't stop. The kama-yaki (grilled fish balls) will enhance the flavor of the rice and turn it into a slightly heavier sake. This is also good. Crunchy ume plum pickled with salt. Salty and sour taste enhances sake. It might be the best match for sake.
Tonight, too, the night goes by with wonderful sake.
The first touch is naturally gaseous.
Then acidity, bitterness, a little sweetness, and a nice finish that quickly disappears as the gasiness fades away.
The overall taste is like a grapefruit sour, although the umami has a sake-like quality.
Dangerous to drink like a sour!
4.50
