Amazake-like aroma, fresh and crisp, sweet and sour fruit aroma.
Little thickening, with a distinctly spicy aftertaste.
The fruity sweetness is followed by a gentle bitterness.
It gives the impression of a daiginjo that you will not get tired of drinking.
Personally, I prefer a more fruity taste.
This sake brewery is located in Ono City, Fukui Prefecture. Although the introduction states that they specialize in high-end sake, there was a selection of reasonably priced sake. I was intrigued by some of the more unusual sake, such as apple yeast and rosé sake.
I bought the sake recommended at the directly-managed store.
It had a sweet soy sauce-like aroma like Mitarashi dumplings and a sour flavor.
It was very gentle on the palate, with a good balance of sweetness, a little sourness, and bitterness, and was easy to drink.
It has the taste of so-called sake, but it is very easy to drink and recommended as an introduction to classic sake.
Sake from Echizen-Ono, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.
The first sake of the New Year is a sake from our hometown.
Powerful taste!
The taste has a crisp rice sweetness and a tangy, alky spiciness.
The taste is firmly supported by a dignified plum-like acidity.
This acidity is extremely good!
Even when it is paired with snacks, the acidity blends in with the snacks while strongly supporting them.
It is quite tasty as a food sake!
How about if you heat it up?
The savory flavor is strong and the bitterness is enhanced.
However, it is a pity that the sweetness and acidity are hidden.
I prefer it at room temperature.
Happy New Year!
I will try my best to introduce the taste of sake to as many people as possible this year.
I hope you will continue to enjoy my sake diary as well.
Purchased at a local liquor store's sake hanpukai.
The mouthfeel is soft and umami comes out first.
It is easy to drink with a light bitterness after that.
This is a sake from my hometown in the Oku-Echizen region of Fukui Prefecture - Ono City.
It was sent to me by my mother along with a donation from a volunteer organization. As a foolish son, I can only be thankful.
When you put it in your mouth, you can feel the pungent taste wafting deep inside.
One second, two seconds...the sweet taste of rice and sweet taste of water that wells up from the bottom of the mouth. A single, consistent, and dignified flavor. Everything is elegant.
Everything is the taste of the rice and famous water of Echizen-Ono that has nurtured me. It is nostalgic.
How about if you warm it up?
A little sourness and sweetness come forward.
The alcohol taste of the sake gives it a bit of hardness.
Maybe I prefer it cold.
It was served at a rice cake pounding event on Christmas Eve.
I have a drink with a fellow volunteer and sake lover who has recently become a friend of mine, while enjoying pork miso soup and chimaizuke pickles in a corner of the venue.
I was met with cold stares from the ladies who said, "Don't drink, help out!" (of course).
I still have no muscle aches. I wonder if I am still young or if I have not worked hard enough....
It was not Daiginjo but "Kaiseki Shunginjo".
Sorry about that.
A clean aroma with a mineral feel. The elegant, moderate sweetness and light acidity are felt on the palate with a gentle aftertaste. It is delicious enough to be paired with cheese or medium-tasting Western food.
Fukui Sake 🍶.
While waiting for the Thunderbird on a business trip to Fukui, I went to a bar and compared three different kinds of sake. I had three kinds of sake selected on my own.
All were delicious and it was hard to choose one over the other, but the Manazuru sake was my favorite!
I wish I could have had more!
It is made from ancient rice, so it looks beautiful and has a nice, gorgeous aroma without being showy. The soft texture on the tongue is sweet and juicy, and the acidity spreads. The slight bitterness in the aftertaste is also nice.
Rice polishing ratio: 50
Alcohol content: 16%.
Junmai Daiginjo
100% Sakahomare, new sake rice certified by Fukui Prefecture
Fukui Prefecture's latest ginjo yeast FK-802
Ono City's famous water "Oshimizu
Sakahomare is a new sake rice developed by Fukui Prefecture in 2010 by crossing Yamadanishiki with Koshinoshizuku, a variety bred and registered by JA Teraru Echizen.
In the mouth, one first senses sweetness and fruity acidity, followed by a mellow and gorgeous aroma as one swallows.
It tasted like rice juice to me!
The sake was like the personality of the brewer, whom we spoke with briefly when we purchased it.
Light pinkish clear sake with floral and fruity smell of apples. Medium intensity with initially fruity flavor of apples with subsequent development of sourness like citrus fruits. Low acidity and umami.