The liquor is aged in sherry brandy casks for three years.
Like a sweet caramel.
It has a rich honey taste.
The acidity is crisp and not harsh.
It is an old wine that is light and easy to drink.
It is like an adult's drinking pudding.
Production date: November 2022
Koei Kiku Harujion.
At SENTI.U, a house Italian restaurant in Kanoya, Kagoshima, Japan.
The Italian cuisine served at the restaurant, which is listed on Gault et Millau, is based on local gastronomy and uses ingredients from the Oosumi Peninsula.
Harujion is made from Shunyo, a low-protein rice that is noted for its high aromatic content.
It has a refreshing heady aroma with hints of lychee and muscat,
The mild sweetness is followed by a refreshing acidity that tastes like white wine.
The first dish paired with this dish is a meichi-dai (sea bream) from Furue, served with a pesto of mullet, okahijiki, jasmine rice and basil. The sticky texture of the perfectly cooked meichidai and the viscosity of the pesto were a perfect marriage with the acidity of the koei chrysanthemum!
The next dish was a crispy skinned sweetfish from Shibushi, served with passion fruit along with Sakurajima hijiki and white corn. Again, the acidic flavors were a perfect match!
It's time to start drinking Koei Kiku 🤤.
This is the first time I've seen Noon Crescent 🌙 made with Hokkaido's sake rice, Ginpu.
It's a light cloudy color with a unique fruitiness that is typical of Koei Kiku, but it seems drier than the others.
It fits the image on the label and has a nice refreshing taste 😋.
I also enjoyed the new product 🌙.
Hi Hissan 😃
Hi 😃Oh, we also had the new Kochira Koei Chrysanthemum this week! We also had the new Kochira Koei Chrysanthemum this week ‼️ and you're right, it was a meh delicious blink-and-you'll-miss-it type 🤗.
Hi Master J&N 😀
Thank you so much for all your help...
Koei Kiku is a popular sake in Sakegawa, but I'm glad to know that it's easy to buy it here at our local store, as we don't often run out 😁.
My devotion to Kouei Chrysanthemum went as far as it could go, and this is what I ended up with (smile).
So here it is, a jar of Kouei Kiku sake!
It's a very expensive sake, 4,500 yen for a 4-pack... I'm surprised you bought it.
I'm going to have it with a straight collar!
The sweetness, acidity, and a good amount of bitterness are all balanced to a high degree... this is delicious...
I won't say any more boring things, it's really good!
It's been a while since I've had a sunburst of Koei Chrysanthemum! I used to be very impressed with its acidity 😄 This time I had fried dinner, so here it is!
The aroma is a little blue like grapefruit. When I drank it, I could not feel much sweetness, but there was a delicious flavor. Then came the sourness, but it was not as pronounced as I had felt before. Then the bitterness comes in and finishes it off. It's a good balance 😅Bursting...tasty, but a bit disappointing.
