I bought it at a liquor store in the Jujo Station shopping arcade.
Gyoen bamboo aluminum cup.
A masterpiece when it comes to sake in aluminum cans, the Funaguchi Kikusui can.
Rather than the freshness of the Kikusui can, it has a thicker, mellower flavor.
This Misonotake is another sake from Saku, Shinshu.
I went to Saku in May for the Kame no Kai brewery opening, but did not encounter this Misonotake.
I happened to win the drawing for the reception and got it.
I drank it at room temperature right then and there. I thought it would be dry since it is called "Kirekuchi," but it was a delicious sake with a sweet mellow taste.
It was a very good day for me to win such a delicious sake.
Along with the Aradama, we also had a large dry sake, also served cold. It is a very dry sake, but it had a polite taste. The flavor changed as the temperature gradually became tepid, but it was also delicious. The master recommended this sake not only as a cold sake, but also as a sake that can be served with anything, and he was right.
Takeju Honke Sake Brewery, purchased at the sake brewery opening event No. 2.
Aroma
Fruity ginjo aroma. It is not heavy and has a refreshing aroma. The main aroma is a refreshing sourness like green apple. There are also faint pineapple and peach-like sweet aromas.
Taste
Sweet on the palate. The first attack is a clear fruity sweetness like ripe pineapple.
It is very smooth and easy to drink. This sweetness is a tart one.
After the sake is in the mouth, sourness also appears, but this sourness is not so strong and enhances the aforementioned sweetness.
There is also a pungency through the nose, but it is not strong.
Summary
A delicious Junmai Daiginjo with a clean aroma and sweetness!
The "savory aroma" that we felt when we drank the 23-year-old aged Gyoonchiku sake we checked in with before is present in the sweetness of this Junmai Daiginjo and in the lingering aftertaste.
I think this savory sourness is the characteristic of Misonotake.
Daiginjo-shu brewed in 2000. The maturation period is 23 years.
I went to the opening of the Takeju Honke Sake Brewery in Nagano Prefecture to buy some.
It was the first time I had ever had sake that had been aged!
[Aroma.
It's not fruit. ！！！！ What is it...savory? (lacks vocabulary) It's a complex aroma. It smells like slightly burnt rice hulls. It's not smoky or smelly.
There is a cocoa-like sweet aroma that wafts along with a mild alcoholic aroma, and this is a dark caramel aroma. Some honeyiness. A hint of soy sauce.
It is easier to pick up the sweet aroma at room temperature than cold sake!
This is what you call an aged aroma! I imagined a fruity feeling from the name "Daiginjo," but it's not at all what I expected! The aroma is similar to the 90% rice polishing ratio sake "Katori" that I checked in before. But this old sake is not rough at all and has a more elegant image.
Taste.
This soy-sauce-like nuance is the acidity! (self-resolved).
There is a mild and complex acidity on the palate that I have never experienced before. But the texture is smooth and silky! It also has sweetness and umami. There is almost no pungency on the nose, and a mellow aroma wafts through the nose.
You can enjoy the acidity and umami that have changed with maturity! It was personally a very tasty aged sake!
Saku City and Ueda City Sake Breweries Event 4: A bottle of sake from the same Takeju-san's place as before. It has a strong aroma of rice and citrus fruits. When you drink it, you can taste the umami and acidity, and because the rice is Miyamanishiki, the aftertaste is also firm to some extent. It is easy to drink despite its high alcohol content (18%) due to the use of a traditional sake yeast yeast. The brewery recommends this as a hanami sake. I wondered what they meant by that, but it is not too sweet, and the acidity gives it a spring-like flavor. It is a sake that does not interfere with food. Of course, it would be perfect to drink it warmed up when it is a little chilly. I bought it as a souvenir for my father because I thought he would like the taste.
＜It's sweet and tasty, and has a nice, sharp edge to it.
I don't feel much aroma.
When you put it in your mouth, it is sweet and full of flavor. In the second half, the umami flavor gradually builds up, but the overall taste is clean. There is almost no acidity and a little bitterness at the end. The aftertaste is clean, as is typical for an aruzome sake. This is a good sake.
As the temperature rises, the sweetness comes out more, which is also good. This type of classic sake also goes well at room temperature. I would like to try heating it up. I would like to enjoy this sake slowly and carefully at home.
If I were to use a Ghibli analogy, I would compare it to Okinu-san in "The Wind Rises. She is the maid who is beaten by Jiro in the Great Kanto Earthquake scene in the beginning of the movie. She is a beautiful but unobtrusive woman. She met Jiro only once in the end, but somehow I think she is spending a happy married life in her hometown. Or rather, I hope so. Times are tough.
Liked: ★★★★
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Last night we enjoyed #Misonotake, a rich, mellow, delicious sake from #Takeshige Honke Sake Brewery in Saku City, Nagano Prefecture.
Various delightful nuances from aging, sweet and sour, prunes, plums, nuts....
We enjoyed it with bean sprout dandan nabe 😊.
A jar of sake sent to my wife's hometown for slaughter. It is a sweet sake with low alcohol content and the flavor of rice. You can drink as many glasses as you like.
