Souvenirs from a business trip to Ibaraki!
I couldn't stop by a liquor store on my recent trip to Ibaraki and again this time, so I ended up at Hasegawa-ya in Tokyo Station Gransta.
Seasonal Shiboritate.
Fruity, banana-like aroma, mochi,
Slightly astringent, juicy with a sour mouthfeel,
Fresh and slightly gassy,
It is fresh and slightly gassy, with a slight bitterness and a crisp, clean finish,
Delicious!
Watafune is the parent of Yamadanishiki, a sake rice that became a phantom sake rice due to the difficulty of cultivation, but was revived thanks to the efforts of the brewer of Fuchu Homare. Amazing.
=== Sake
Ingredients: rice (domestic), rice malt (domestic)
Rice: "Watafune" (short-stalked) from Ibaraki Prefecture
Rice polishing ratio: 55
Alcohol content: 15
Sake degree: +3.0
Acidity: 1.4
1,856 yen for 720ml
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★★★★☆
Sweet and sour aroma, light sweet and juicy taste from.
This is the first brand I have ever had, but it is delicious with a fruity taste.
It is light but has a solid body and is very drinkable!
Choroki-san, good morning 😃I drank some last year as a gift, it's very good, but it's expensive so I'll drink other Watari 😇.
I've just opened a nice new campground near this rice-growing area 🤣?
Always. No longer as regular Calibration. The aroma is sweet as usual, and the taste is also sweet. I think it is too sweet...?
The sourness in the back is also enjoyable and nice. After all, this is what Ibaraki is all about. ☺️
The third bottle of the day was the autumn limited edition "Ota-no-Tani" (🍶).
The balance between the rich sweetness derived from the raw material rice "Watanobune" and the acidity that supports it. The harmony of this sweetness and acidity is accompanied by a minerality that fills the mouth with flavor 😋.
The other specs of this sake made me curious 🍶.