This is the first time in a long time that I have uncorked a bottle of Junmai Genshu from Yukawa Sake Brewery's Kuroemon XVI.
The sake rice is 100% Hitogochi, and the rice polishing ratio is 60%.
It is a sake made using the "nama-hashiroshi" method, but it does not have a "nama-hashiroshi" feel to it, but rather a complexity. The bitterness and umami are well developed.
In the mouth, the acidity stands out. Even though it is a lactic acidity from the sake yeast line, it has a youthful feeling like unsweetened yogurt rather than butter, and there is a slight gassy feeling.
An IWC award-winning, fruity sake that foreigners might like. Although you can feel the alcohol on your tongue, the balance of aroma, umami, and taste is one word that describes it wonderfully.
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It has been one week since the bottle was uncorked. The taste has settled down. The gasiness that had been present for a while has calmed down, and it has become easier to drink.
It might be good to try heating sake.
KUROUEMON XVI KUROUEMON KINMON-NISHIKI Nama yeast Go-go Yeast Nama-nazake 720ml
Rice used: 100% Kanamonishiki produced in Nagano Prefecture
Rice polishing ratio: 60
Alcohol content: 15%, produced in March and shipped in July
It is said to be 3K5 with a raw yeast, Kanamonishiki, and a 5th yeast 😄.
It tastes different from the Hitogokochi of the previous day. You can feel the acidity as well as the spread of umami. Of course both are delicious 😋.
It looks like the hi-ire is laid down for a few years. Next time I would like to have the aged hi-ire 😉.
KUROUEMON XVI Junmai Summer Sake 720ml
Rice used: 100% Hitogochi from Yaebaru (100% Nagano rice used)
Rice polishing ratio: 60
Alcohol content: 15%.
Made in April and shipped in August, it is targeted for the summer. The bottle has a mosquito coil sticker, and the back label reads "Juwajuwa Juicy! and 😀 You can feel the playful spirit.
The bottle was opened with a light swig. It is a refreshing sake with a slight acidity.
It's the perfect sake for hot days 😊.
This is the only sake in the low-alcohol series that is brewed quickly, and is a junmai sake that makes the most of the light, rising quality of Yamae-Nishiki rice.
The lychee-like fruitiness is pleasant on the nose, and the juicy acidity bursts on the palate.
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