I had just one glass at an atmospheric izakaya near Wakayama station, where I was on a business trip. It is a famous sake from Wakayama 🍶.
The color is quite yellow. The texture is soft on the tongue with a strong umami flavor. It was delicious and went very well with the meat suji and grilled eggplant. ma-ki - as you commented, it is slightly sweet and not flashy, but more than a classic but easy to drink 👍.
Good morning, studying!
Black beef is delicious 😋.
I was reminiscing about my first black beef the other day after reading your review 🤤.
Thanks for taking a look at my post too 😅
It has a robust dry taste. It is a representative sake of Wakayama, leaving a strong aftertaste and feeling. I am having it with fried maitake mushrooms with butter!
After running some errands today, I went to a liquor store in Minami to get some drinks.
Since we were in Minami, we had just one drink 🍶 before going to the liquor store.
So I got a sake from a sake brewery that was new to me, Meite Sake Brewery's Kurogyu!
I couldn't say that it was my first time to buy a bottle of sake, but I didn't have a picture of the bottle, and I didn't know the specs either!
Anyway, I will have it right away!
First, the aroma. Slightly sweet aroma.
When you put it in your mouth, your first impression is that it is a beautiful sake.
Slightly sweet, with a hint of traditional sake flavor.
The sweetness and umami of the rice are left in the mouth while the bitterness and pungency slowly fade away, with only a hint of spiciness.
It soaks through!
It's incredibly tasty!
It may not be flashy, but I really liked the feeling of everything being gentle and sinking in!
It went perfectly with the meal!
After receiving the sake, we stopped by at Komenohana since we were in Minami and there was another sake that we wanted!
The second picture shows the sakes we picked up today!
ma-ki-san
Good evening! When I drink at a restaurant, I am happy when they pour at the table, and as a sake brewer, I am very happy because I want to take pictures. I'm not sure if it's real or not 🤣.
Good evening, ma-ki!
I haven't tried Kurogyu, but I had an image of it being dry, so reading your review made me interested in Kurogyu 😆.
All the sake you brought looks delicious ❣️
I'm looking forward to your review too 🤗.
Good evening, ma-ki🌛Black cow is another brand I can't drink yet because of the name 🥹but it looks mildly delicious✨️Come-no-hana from Minami is indeed a very mobile ☺️The drinks you brought look delicious and I look forward to your review🍶.
Thank you for your comment, Koizo!
Yes, it's true. It would be nice if you poured it at the table 🎵.
If they put it in the back, they said it was fake 🤣.
I'd like to know what the hell the specs were, but it's delicious so no problem 😋.
Thank you for your comment, HinaHanaMama!
Yes, it is! I had an image of this sake as something for the experts, but it was soooo good 😋.
I think I might have become a bit of a fan ✨
Maybe next time I'll try drinking it at home😊.
Thanks for your comment Nao888!
I was inspired by your review of Komenohana 😁.
I had an image of black beef Genin and it was delicious 😋.
Today I'm drinking the one I got from Comenohana 😊.
Purchased at a department store in Shinjuku. This is my first time drinking Wakayama sake. The taste of junmai sake was as expected. However, the taste is not as good as the food, and the corners are not as sharp as the food.
I thought it would be a Junmai Ginjo with a strong Omachi flavor, but it wasn't. The aroma and taste were well balanced. The aroma and taste are well balanced, and it was delicious even though it was drunk chilled.
75 points
Kuroshi
Gohyakumangoku, No. 9 yeast type
Kuro-ugyu" is a brand of Japanese sake brewed by Nate Shuzoten in Kainan City, Wakayama Prefecture. The sake name "Kuro-ugyu" is derived from an ancient waka poem, "Kuroshi-gata," which means "Black Cow Lagoon," and was named to evoke the Wakayama climate.
No. 9 yeast Kumamoto yeast
Typical Sake made with Kumamoto Yeast
- Kuroryu (Fukui Prefecture, Kuroryu Shuzo)
- Otters (Yamaguchi Prefecture, Asahi Shuzo) (used in some brewing)
- Nabeshima (Saga Prefecture, Tomikuchiyo Sake Brewery)
- Kororo (Kumamoto Yeast Research Institute, Kumamoto Prefecture) (Sake made with the original No. 9 yeast)