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.
This sake is from my hometown, Echizen-Ono, Fukui Prefecture.
I drank it before and wrote a report, but I was at someone's house at the time and couldn't write much, so here it is again.
This was also sent to me by my mother some time ago.
Sakahomare" is a new type of sake rice from Fukui Prefecture.
Ohoho, the aroma is good.
It is filled with a slightly sour, nectar-like ginjo aroma.
I like this kind of thing.
The sweetness is hidden behind the refreshing acidity that wafts through the air. It is not flashy, but it leaves a strong impression and disappears with a slight pungency.
It is perfect for an evening that recalls the passing of spring.
It is just right to savor it slowly after dinner with a simple side dish.
It reminds me of the scent of azalea honey in my parents' garden.
After a short spring, my hometown is filled with the smell of fresh green grass that stings and the smell of earth that reminds us of the strength of life.
During the consecutive holidays in May, let's return to our hometown to savor such life-like smells.
This is a sake from Ono City, Fukui Prefecture.
This is the sake that my mother sent me from my hometown, Echizen Ono.
Saka Homare is a new sake rice from Fukui Prefecture.
Is there a boom in new sake rice these days? Hyogo Prefecture also has a new sake rice called "HYOGO SAKE There is also a new sake rice called "HYOGO SAKE 85" in Hyogo Prefecture.
Pungent taste that drifts softly and slowly
The aroma is rich and full.
An excellent sake to savor slowly.
This is also a sake that I drank at my parents' house on New Year's Eve and now it is out of the warehouse.
It is a sake from Ono City, Fukui Prefecture.
I guess it comes from the Managawa River that flows through Ono City.
Perhaps because I grew up near the Managawa River and the river is mentioned in the school song of my alma mater, I feel a great nostalgia for the name Manazuru.
I am grateful to my parents, who stocked up a lot of sake for their son, an artless, gluttonous, drunkard who had no filial duty to his parents.
(From the notes I took while I was in a stupor that day)
Rich astringency, rich sweetness.
Sake with a solid structure.
It is a very typical sake.
It is a strong sake that will not be outdone by soba noodles from a famous local soba restaurant, sashimi from Netria Kaika, or cream cheese.
In contrast to the unexpected modernity of the Genpei that preceded it, this is a very rustic, thick sake. It is a perfect sake to drink while enjoying New Year's Eve buckwheat noodles served at a famous local restaurant owned by a friend of my mother's.
Manazuru Shuzo, the brewer of this sake, has made a name for itself in recent years with its modern sake with an eye on overseas markets, but it is this thick, rich sake that is the starting point.
I drank all five breweries in the Oku-Echizen area around New Year's, and it was interesting to see the different flavors in each one.