KANCHIKU Special Junmai Sake
Rating 4.4
Polishing ratio 59%, rice: Miyamanishiki, alcohol 16%, acidity 1.6, sake strength +3
A strong flavor and umami, this is a deeply flavored sake created by the rice, water, and people of Shinshu.
It has a soft sweet wasanbon-like profile with a mild umami flavor and a mild, yet slightly bitter aftertaste. A perfect food sake. It can be easily matched with heavier dishes.
Nagano rice (blend?)
Polishing 55
Light and smooth. Wife may like it. But it has no sharpness.
It's completely outclassed by the asari tsukudani.
It's almost outnumbered by the crab.
I bought it at the supermarket when I was out of sake, so it might not be bad as a table sake. It doesn't interfere with the meal.
2.5
3.6 ★★★☆☆☆
Purchased for hot sake. 4 gou bottles for less than 1000 yen.
First sip at room temperature. It has a sweetness in the back, but I personally don't like it because it tastes medicinal. I wondered how it would turn out when heated.
When heated up, it became a little easier to drink. But it still tastes medicinal. I don't mind the mouthfeel, but I don't like the aftertaste.
Today
Totsuka Shuzo's Kantake Tokubetsu Junmai Shu Haruyo Come!
We will enjoy
The aroma is mild.
The taste is sweet at the beginning and refreshing afterwards.
It is delicious!
Sweetness spreads in the mouth. It also has an alcoholic taste. It is a versatile sake that goes well with any snack rather than a unique sake. It is a beautiful sake with clean water. As the day goes by, the alcohol feeling settles down and the umami taste comes out.
Totsuka Shuzo, Saku City, Nagano Prefecture: Kantake, Haruyo koi Special Junmai
This is a little out of season, but I opened a bottle I had purchased on a trip to Nagano Prefecture in the spring and kept in my refrigerator. As the name suggests, it was a very refreshing and spring-like sake with a strong acidity.
KANCHIKU Special Junmai (Nagano, Chikumanishiki Shuzo)
Purchased at the souvenir corner at Sakuhira Station.
The aroma has a sweet nuance of rice malt with a hint of alcohol.
The mouthfeel is soft and mild, with umami and spiciness in the middle part of the mouth, but there is a little bit of a cloying taste.
The aftertaste is dry and heavy. The impression is classic and robust.
Preferred Score: 5.5/10
Aroma: 1.0｜Mouthfeel: 1.0｜Mid palate: 0.5｜Final taste: 1.0｜Price: 2
👩🦰 Wife: 7/10 "It's so sweet!
