Saito Sake Brewery, which we stopped by during our Shikoku expedition, is located along the main road in a cozy setting 😁 The sales office is connected to the office and is a typical old-established establishment.
Unfortunately, the new sake was not yet available, but I got the most popular junmai ginjo here, a beautiful indigo-colored bottle that raised my expectations 😁.
The Junmai Ginjo from Gotenzakura has a fruity aroma with a strong ginjo aroma that spreads as soon as the bottle is opened.
It has a sweetness at first, followed by sourness, bitterness, and a strong overall taste.
Overall, it is a very rich sake👍.
Sake temperature: about 10°.
There is a subtle mineral aroma, but the flavor is not strong.
Warmed to lukewarm
The aroma is the same as before, but the taste is not so strong, but it is crisp and tasty.
If you drink it hot (which has almost disappeared in recent years), you'll drink a lot of it!
One cup. It is rich in sweetness and umami, but it is easy to drink. For this type of unrefined sake, the "I want some more" feeling of a one-cup cup is rather good.
It says Gotenzakura in small letters on the lower left corner of the front label, but I was told that it was a PB from a local liquor store.
Sake made with LED dream yeast from Tokushima🍶.
The aroma on the nose is gorgeous and fruity.
When you put it in your mouth, you can taste the smooth sweetness and umami.
It also has a fruity overtone.
This sake has a good aroma.
It was delicious 🍶✨.
Aged wine the same as my birth year, given to me by a relative as a gift for employment.
It was my first time to drink old wine, but the aroma and depth of flavor, like Shaoxing wine, was still too early for me...
According to my mother, it is like a good Shaoxing wine
It was relatively easy to drink, not too strong in habit
I want to grow up to be an adult who can drink this liquor well
Gotenzakura doburoku, which my father somehow bought on Amazon.com.
I remember drinking (or eating?) doburoku like porridge last year, but I can't remember the brand. I remember drinking (or eating?) doburoku like porridge last year, but I can't remember the brand...it's been a long time since then.
The initial aroma is faintly sweet with a hint of koji malt.
In the mouth, there is a slight sourness like plain yogurt and a slight sweetness of rice.
I was able to drink it quite refreshingly while chewing on the rice.
I guess it's like a sweet sake with a lot of sake lees, but with much less sweetness.
It was delicious ✨.
In Tokushima.
Salty, soft and sweet on the palate.
I thought it was a fruity taste like kiwi.
It has a little bit of a tangy taste, but it doesn't linger, so it's easy to drink.
Still, it is easy to drink because there is no aftertaste.
It is delicious on its own.
It doesn't clash with white sashimi.
My companion, who is not accustomed to drinking sake, drank it without any resistance.
The first day I opened the package, I remember drinking it with Nara-zuke (pickles).
After about a week, it became too peculiar and hard to drink. It smells like rice bran.
Saito Shuzo's Nara-zuke is delicious, but
Visit to the brewery.
Sake made by irradiating LEDs to change the yeast, this one seems to have a stronger aroma.
It had a fruity aroma and a gentle flavor pressed in a tank, and was delicious.
Part 2.
The old wine I was looking for.
There was another 7 years old one, but I chose this one.
Another type of sake.
The aftertaste is refreshing, similar to Gotenzakura.
It has a rich umami flavor and enough depth.
And yet, it is crisp and clean.
Oh, I want to try a longer aged one next time I go there.
We walked around Tokushima Prefecture by bicycle to visit two sake breweries.
At Seitama Sake Brewery, there was no sake available, so we could not buy any.
I was able to buy it here.
It is a sake made from Tokushima yeast.
This was a surprise.
It has a modern fruity taste.
And yet, there is no dullness at all.
Everything disappears the moment you finish it.
It's extremely tasty. You can drink it all the time.