The aftertaste is dry and crisp, leaving a mild umami flavor typical of the local rice of Kagawa Prefecture. When served chilled, it is a refreshing and versatile sake that can be used as a mealtime drink.
Opened a bottle brought back from the expatriate's place of residence. The first taste is firm with a hint of acidity. I am looking forward to drinking it after opening the bottle.
KAWATSURU Olive
Bottle-fermented Active Nigori Unpasteurized Sake
Made with Oceto grapes grown in Kagawa Prefecture
Polishing ratio 55
Alcohol content 9
Sake meter degree -44 Acidity 1.4
Sanuki olive yeast
Fat bottle opened 8/15 and stored 9/4
Still a lot of August 😅
Sake recommended by the owner of a liquor store.
He warned me to be more careful when opening the bottle than normal nigori sake and that the taste is similar to Shinmasa's Ameeru frog, but I've never had it 😅...
It took me 12 minutes to open the bottle😅.
After opening the bottle, the smell was grape, delaware? Muscat? No, it's a grape close to Delaware 🍇.
When you put it in your mouth, you may think it's highly carbonated from the appearance, but no, it has a nice texture on the tongue and is lighter than wine due to the 9% alcohole content 🤩.
When you roll it around in your mouth, you can feel the fresh taste of minerality.
Anyway, it tastes better when drunk well chilled.
It may be more intoxicating when served in a Riedel or Champagne glass as a stand-alone, elegant after dinner than as a mealtime drink 😘.
The aftertaste is sweet with a hint of rummy on the nose and the occasional hint of grape 😍.
If it takes a while to open the bottle, chill it once before drinking 😘.
Yum!
Hi Kozou 😃
Kawazuru nigori🤩This looks delicious!
12 minutes to open the bottle is challenging 😅.
But with low alu it will be gone in no time 🥰It's interesting that the taste is similar to Shinmasa. I'll make a note 😘.
Hello, Kozou-san!
I've only had Kawatsuru and Sanuki Kuraudei 💦 and the nigori here looks delicious 😻 I'm surprised that it doesn't take 12 minutes to open the bottle, especially this time of year! I don't know why so many sake that take a long time to open are so delicious 😁.
Good evening, Koizo 😃.
Oh, here's the Kawatsuru you mentioned! This is the Kawatsuru you were talking about 🤗- 44 and it takes 12 minutes to open the bottle at 9 degrees 😆I understand why you want to chill it to a crisp 😋.
Hina Hana Mama
Good morning 祿.
I think the 12 minutes of struggle 🤼 might have made it taste even better 🤣 this is Shinsei! I thought as I drank it, but I've never had a raindrops... 😅I drink too much low alcohol!
Pon.
Good morning!
I've hardly ever had a drink from this brewery and I didn't have a good impression of it either, but after drinking Tanonota, my image of the brewery was changed 😊It certainly tastes better when you have a hard time opening the bottle.
Mr. Jay & Mrs. Nobby
Good morning♪
Yes, it was a very good morning! Yes😊-44 is a sake degree I've never heard of but it didn't seem that sweet! I'm glad you remembered my comment and commented back 😘.
Third and final run at Yajima TDL!
My daughter and sister said "I found something interesting! I've had this one before ⁉️" and brought it here 🤗.
It's a standard story 😅"Isn't this a relative of Ononono?" We all got excited and decided to bring her along 😄.
Please read Nemuchi's excellent post at the end of last year for the "Ononono-Tanonono" story 🤗.
Kawatsuru-san from the series "I've never had a drink before" 🤗
When I took off the outer lid and took my eyes off the bottle to make sure it wasn't a bottle-opening warning, the lid popped off with a "pop! and the lid flew off 😳Good luck!
I'll make love to you
The aroma is mildly fruity 😌.
I took a sip! I thought it would be more like a classic 😋, but it's a fresh and fruity wine with a nice balance of flavor and acidity 😆.
By the way, after we went to Yajima Sake Shop together, my sister was wondering what other liquor stores are there 😅She said she heard from someone who knows a lot about it and asked me on LINE if I've been to "Sake no Oikawa". She asked me if I've been to "Sake no Oikawa" on line! I've bought more than 40 bottles of sake at Oikawa's 😊".
The acquaintance replied, "You're a hardcore fan, little brother! That's great! and he laughed hysterically 😁.
I did buy a lot from a liquor store in Chiba where I don't live😅.
Hi Jay & Nobby!
Nemuchi's post is excellent once again 😁✨✨.
It's a good trend that your daughter and sister are getting more and more interested in sake 🎵.
I'd like to try some sake from Kagawa Prefecture since I don't have much experience with it 😋.
Hi Jay & Nobby!
I was wondering if there is a non-alcoholic sake from Kawatsuru Brewery 😅I didn't know that you buy so much from Oikawa-san 💪🤤 I wish I could visit there once in a while.
Hi Jay & Nobby😃!
Tanotsukuru Taste of Kawatsuru, this looks delicious... I didn't know about this sake so I'll check it out ✨I'd love to try Tanotsukuru 👍.
Hi Jay & Nobby😃
Yajima TDL, you had a great time ☺️ how I envy you 😊.
I'm interested in your sake 😁.
I'm super interested in Oikawa-san, the sake shop you mentioned before 🤩.
If I have my next business trip... 🥺.
Hi Jay & Nobby 😀
I also got my first clear sake from Kawatsuru-san at a department store tasting, and at the time I bought the special jun because of the cute label 😀.
The only sake shop I usually go to that has Kawatsuru's is Sanuki Cloudy😅.
Hi Jay & Nobby😃
I didn't know Kawazuru has such a classic looking bottle 😆 I was betrayed in a good way that the taste is also sweet and sour modern despite its appearance 🥰The noble two are famous everywhere 💕.
Hi Jay & Nobby 🌞gachie is a psycho~ compliment ✨️ I've never had a river crane, but I only knew Olive and Cloudy 🙄 I never met them in the first place 😅.
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 😁Yajima-san is a good friend of ours through online shopping: ☝️
My hometown doesn't sell out-of-prefecture sake very well, so I solely get it by mail order 😆.
I envy you for being able to go to the store to buy it 😂.
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 😃.
This one always makes me think of Onononono😅and I can't get it out of my head😂.
You've bought quite a few even though you're out of the prefecture ❗️ certainly qualifies you to call yourself a sake Oikawa gachi 😎.
Good evening, ma-ki 😃.
Thank you for looking back 😊interesting, isn't it😄
Yes, it is! I'm also getting information about nearby stations, including the corner station 🤗I can recommend this one 👋.
Good evening, freelancer first generation man 😃.
On the contrary, we didn't realize that we are Sanuki Claudi's brewery 😅.
Are you visiting your father or Oikawa? I'm sorry it's closed on Sundays 😢.
Good evening, chika 😃.
The Yajima TDL store itself is quite small 😅but they seem to have a hidden stock 🤗.
There are liquor stores in Tochigi prefecture that are just as good as ours ‼️ If you ever get to Chiba, please stop by 👋
Good evening, Aladdin 😃.
Yes, I am very happy with my purchase 😊 and I had a great time 😄! I had a great shopping experience 😊and I had a great time 😄.
I dropped by Sake no Oikawa last weekend as well! I'm worried that their selection is a bit down lately 🥲 but it's a good liquor store 🤗.
Good evening, HinaHanaMama 😃.
This look looks classic, doesn't it?
No, no, we are not famous anywhere 😅 we live together quietly so that you don't find us 🫠.
Good evening, soumacho 😃.
Please let me know if you come to Kanto sake shop tour 🚙🤗It's surprising that we don't drink near here 😅We don't drink as much as our neighbors Gunma and Ibaraki....
Tochigi is a different story though 😉.
Good evening Nao888😃.
Gachi-sei was a compliment 😆 I was thinking 🤔 that it is indeed a normal thing in the sakewa world 😊Cloudy can be found in supermarkets and other places, but you can also find onononononononononon 😁.
Good evening, yoyoyo😃.
It was our first meeting too! You might meet them unexpectedly 🤗I don't think Kawazuru-san was aiming for this 😅I have to make a story out of this 😁.
Good evening, Kano 😃.
Ohhhh! I see that ‼️ we are really blessed to have a liquor store even if it is a little far away 🥹I aim to buy without potty 😊I am thankful for the environment that allows me to do that 🤗.
Good evening, Sashiu 😃.
When I go to a liquor store for the first time, I usually choose a sake that I don't normally see 🤗This one was a bottle that I was able to get thanks to my sister and daughter👍.
Good evening, Hiro 😃.
I wrote a standard comment on Hiro's comeback 😅"Ono no nokoru" is inevitable 😊.
But you know, this time "tanokoteru" became my favorite word and even the editor-in-chief Nobby complimented me on it 😉.
Good evening, Nemuchi 😃.
I was looking back 😙 to see if anyone else was enjoying 😙 and I was glued to Nemuchi's post 😆 such a funny story 😁I'm wondering why I didn't comment myself at that time 😅.
Mr. Jay & Mrs. Nobby
Good morning!
Kawatsuru's sakes seem to be getting more aggressive! I recently tasted Olive Active Nigori (not yet posted) and it was delicious and unlike Kawatsuru's. 🤩.
I found it at Lopia and have had my eye on it for a while.
Sanuki Kuraudai.
It tastes sweet and sour and is easy to drink!
I've heard it described as "adult Calpis," and I thought it was a perfect description!
It's sake, but it doesn't taste like sake.
I didn't feel much alcohol in this sake.
☀️
Does it have a mineral taste 🤔❓
When I think about it, the smell also seems to be mineral 😅.
But still, when I forget about it, I come across a sake that I think "oh, maybe this is called mineral ⁉️", but I can't reach the point where I can grasp the "mineral" 😅
It has a refreshing acidity and umami that lingers on the palate 😙.
The ginjo aroma also clearly fills the nose 😊.
I can feel a glimmer of bitterness in the water left on the palate 🙄.
When I concentrate on the sake, I feel like I can feel the watery sensation💧 and the slight patina🫧🙄.
Interesting that it's a different taste than Sanuki Cloudy 🤗
Hi Hiro-san, good evening 🌙
I've seen a lot of sake described as having a mineral taste, but I've always been unable to understand the mineral taste🤣is it like hard water? I'm not sure if it's hard water or not 🧐I'm just fine with anything as long as it's tasty 😆.
Good evening, Kotaro 😃.
Like you, I don't know exactly what the mineral taste is 😅.
I just think that mineral barley tea minus barley tea is the mineral taste 🤣.
Hi Hiro, good evening 😃
Oh 😳We had the same one this weekend ‼️ minerals! We were drinking too and we were arguing about Ononono without talking about minerals at all 😆 I'm going to be late to post this 😅.
Good evening Jay & Nobby 😃.
Oh, what a coincidence 😁 "Onononono" was a classic story 🤣.
Please do write an article about the "controversy" 😇.
Writer Jay and Editor-in-Chief Nobby, we are waiting for you 🙏.
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Sanuki Yomai produced in Kagawa Prefecture
2025/04
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Sharp taste and you can feel the characteristics of the rice.
The crisp, acidity and sharpness are also nice 😋.
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