Eimanju has been on my mind for a long time. There were only 12 bottles of freshly squeezed wine before aging at the store, so we took some home.
It was my first experience with a wine bottle and cork stopper.
It tasted very good with grapefruit flavor.
I want to try the vintage too!
Rice:Niigata-grown Gohyakumangoku
Rice polishing ratio: 55
Sake degree: -1.0
Acidity
Amino acidity
Alcohol content: -16.0
I previously purchased this sake from a set of Hanayo.
I kept it in the fridge for 6 months after purchase because it said it was good to age, but I opened the bottle because it was so pungent inside 🍶.
Sourness, astringency, and slightly full-bodied sweetness in the mouth are refreshing!
I would have liked it better if I had left it a little longer.
I'm hoping for a taste change after the second day!
From the website below
Alcoholic Beverage: 16 degrees
◆Capacity : 750ml
Variety : 100% Gohyakumangoku
Rice producing region: Niigata Prefecture
Rice polishing ratio: 55
Sake meter degree : -
Acidity : -
tkmts.
It's true....
Maybe it's an account hijacking 😁.
Maybe I was drunk and made a mistake.
Next time, call yourself tkmts 🤣.
Thanks for pointing that out!
I had an image of aged sake being amber in color and similar to the aroma of whiskey, but this is different.
It's mellow, and it's got a horniness...
I thought it would be wonderful if I could grow old like this.
Today's sake is from an unusual sake house.
I bought it at a sake brewery's tasting sale in a department store in April.
Shimizuya Sake Brewery, Tatebayashi City, Gunma Prefecture
The rice polishing ratio is 50%.
Alcohol content 16%.
Sake degree - Acidity
This brewery was temporarily closed due to circumstances, and the sixth generation created Eimanju in 2010.
The brewery is said to be run by three people.
The following are the particulars of the sake brewery!
100% Gohyakumangoku, a single breed of rice suitable for sake brewing.
Only rice harvested in a single year is used.
Only rice harvested in a single year is used.
600kg brewing and small amount of brewing
Long term low temperature fermentation...maximum 34 days of fermentation
Unfiltered sake
It's called "VINTAGE", so I guess it's an aged sake.
Since it is designed to be a wine, it tastes like a white wine.
Even though the rice polishing ratio is 50%, the ginjo aroma is not so strong, and it smells more like lemon or pear. When you put it in your mouth, the strong acidity comes rushing in from the toned texture. You can enjoy the lingering aftertaste for a long time because of the tart texture. The aftertaste is not winey, and you can feel the flavor of the rice.
If you let it air in your mouth like tasting wine, you can enjoy the good smell, so please try it.
It's delicious!
Look at that third picture! It has a bottom that looks like a wine bottle.Â
To open the bottle, use a wine opener. The stopper is made of plastic, not cork.
It was an unusual sake to open with a wine opener ^_^
And the fact that it was made with local rice made me buy it right away!
It's clear and delicious (^^)
Date of manufacture: January 2019.
Freshly Sealed.
Tart and pleasant to drink.
Despite the sweet aroma, it is refreshingly dry.
Maybe it's pretty light for an aged wine?
It has a strong alcoholic taste that makes your mouth feel hot the moment you drink it, and the tingling sensation on your tongue lingers for a long time.
I thought it would be good as an aperitif or dessert sake.
I bought my first vintage thing in the summer.
It tasted like wine and I was depressed that I had made a bad choice, but it was short-lived.
Pairing it with the cheese changed the whole thing, and it became the sweetness I like.
Melt and richness, it felt like a new door had been opened.