I was allowed to taste it at the store attached to the brewery. It is easy to drink even though it has 18% alcohol! And since the season was from winter, I think it has a rounder taste.
It was served cold at a bar with an all-you-can-drink sake bar. It was my first time in Kanagawa, so I ordered it ignoring the other members around me.
I paired it with a meat dish, but I could taste the deliciousness of the rice and it was a blissful moment. It is the type of sake that I would like to drink with my everyday evening drinks and keep in the refrigerator.
For the first time, I met a sake from Kanagawa that I thought was delicious!
It has a delicious LaFrance-type aged sweetness and just a hint of juiciness🍐☺️
The owner told me a story about the brewer, Ryo-san, a graduate of Tokyo University of Agriculture, who seems to be very attached to his sake (yeast from Kawazu-zakura - he even wrote in his elementary school graduation book that he was going to become a sake brewer).
The label for the annual New Year's sake had a portrait of the brewer on it, and when I looked it up, it did indeed look very much like him lol.
Sake of the Day
Matsumidori
Junmai Shiboritate Nama-zake
Rice:100% Miyamanishiki produced in Nagano Prefecture
Rice polishing ratio: 55
Alcohol content: 17-18%.
Tokyo Souvenir Sake No.5
I actually bought 6 bottles but this is the last one 🍶.
The Kidoizumi Afs I bought at Ikebuya is going to be sold out, so I'm keeping it as a collection 😁.
Matsu Midori, which was in the Sake Shop of the Year 2024.
I bought it at Isetan in Shinjuku.
Cold sake
Mild aroma
Gaseous when opened.
The taste is calm and easy to drink.
It has a gentle yet strong image without the boldness characteristic of the original sake.
My favorite Kanagawa sake 🍶 with a fresh spring aroma...it is unfiltered so it is cloudy and has a nice bitterness in the sweetness...I guess you could call it a hybrid of traditional and modern. I am enjoying "spring" with seasonal large firefly squid 🦑 and vinegared sardines 😊.
Jay & Nobby Good evening😃Matsumidori is highly recommended 🍶The regular sake is also delicious 😋I feel that they are trying something new while keeping the traditional goodness of the past. I highly recommend it 😃.