It's been a while since I've been to Kitashinchi, so I went to Toukai Zakari in Chiba. We opened a bottle of the raw sake and had it.
It is a junmai ginjo with a beautiful aroma and clarity, though it also has a freshness of the raw.
I paired it with deer sausage.
Delicious.
100% Yamadanishiki from Hyogo Prefecture
Rice polishing ratio 55
Alcohol content 16%.
Good balance of sharp flavor, bitterness, acidity, and sweetness! Muscat flavor.
It is good on its own, but the bitterness and acidity are also good, so it is not bad as a food sake.
Sake rice→100% So no Mai produced in Chiba Prefecture
Rice polishing ratio→60
Alcohol content→15%.
Toukai Grain Sake Junmai Ginjo
60% 15% 720ml 1760yen
The Chieba-kun label makes it look like a souvenir sake, but it is not to be underestimated.
Grain Sake is the name of rice. It is said to be a rice produced in Chiba Prefecture that will make its debut in 2020.
It is fire-brewed but slightly juicy with a chirichiri-stimulus similar to gas. The astringency is accentuated. A big-boned sake.
Koizumi Shuzo, the brewer of Toukaizakari, has the impression of making rough sake, and this is just like that. However, this one has a nice cohesiveness.
It is not so good when heated, as it has a strong alcoholic taste.
Grain rice can also be eaten as rice, so if you see it, I would like to try it!
Rating 4.0 (out of 5.0) 20230926
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