Gold leaf adds festive New Year cheer! A gentle, faintly apple-like aroma. A sweet-tart attack on the palate, followed by light, savory rice flavor. A refreshing sensation, then a clean finish. A mineral, light sake. Rating: ☆3/5
I think there's just a little bit of a dusting, but almost no squirt.
There's a lot of gold leaf floating around.
Fresh fruity aroma and a light alcohol aroma quickly passes through the nose.
There is a slight sourness, but it disappears quickly and the alcohol catches up with it later.
There is not much of a lingering aftertaste.
Yamagata Masamune Amontillado 2017.
A rich aroma of nuts and caramel produced by aging in sherry casks. A true Western wine. The wood vat feel is great too.
There is also a vanilla feel and the sake goes with the cake like it's already a lie. It's delicious!
Specs
Brand Name: Yamagata Masamune Barrel Sake Amontillado 2017
Sake Brewer: Mitobe Sake Brewery Co.
Here's what's great about it! The 2017 vintage means that the components of the barrels and the sake have become perfectly integrated over the years.
Pairing suggestion: as you said, it goes great with gateau chocolates and cheesecake! Other luxurious ways to enjoy this sake are with nuts and, surprisingly, "a few drops on vanilla ice cream," which will bring out the full potential of this sake.
Christmas sake party at the usual bar.
Inazo's elephant is Santa, cute.
Sour fruity, gassy,
Refreshing and easy to drink.
Forgot the name of the pairing dish...plump fish with roasted nuts and onions...sake was good with the fish.
Today, on New Year's Eve, I will record the brands I have enjoyed since this summer. It was served with takopa (takopa is a Japanese rice wine) like a summer sake.
Japanese spindle tree (Euonymus sieboldianus)
Mitobe
It would be nice if you could write that it is for heating sake, so it is easy to understand.
We make our sake in Tendo, near Yamagata City.
The water quality in this area is mineral-rich hard water (subsoil water of the Tateya River) with a hardness of about 120 mg/L.