Out of season, but fresh green raw sake.
Kurosawa Junmai Shinryoku Nama Sake from Kurosawa Shuzo in Sakuho-cho, Nagano.
It has a core strength typical of the ikuhashi-style sake making process, yet is surprisingly fresh! 🌱
Personally, the crisp, medium dry mouthfeel was perfect for my current mood.
It is light with low alcohol (13 degrees Celsius), yet the flavor of the rice is also very strong.
It is a sake to be enjoyed slowly and chilled while feeling the early summer breeze.
Kurosawa Namaoto Junmai 80 Mild Nigori Nama Sake
Rating 4.4
Alcohol 15%, Rice: 100% Hitogochiki from Shirakura Farm in Tomi-city, Nagano, Polishing ratio: 80%, Sake meter rating: +5
9638+80(Kurosawa Hamaru)In an age when high rice polishing is the norm, this sake is made with a low polishing ratio of 20%. This is a rich, mellow junmai sake with a complex and deep rice flavor. The yeast is still alive and the flavor changes over time.
The taste is fresh and slightly refreshing. The taste changes from fresh and slightly refreshing to bitter and dry. The umami is slightly cloudy and mildly sweet.
I peeked in on my way home from work and found the counter empty. It's been a while since I visited. The proprietress recommends a sake that she says she personally went to the brewery to purchase. It is a sake from Sakuho. It is easy to drink because of its sweetness, acidity, and low alcohol content. However, the aftertaste is not light and leaves a delicious flavor. It had an interesting taste.
The low alcohol content and carbonation make it easy to drink.
It has a soft and fluffy taste with umami,
It has a soft and fluffy umami taste, with a slight bitterness at the end.
It has no outstanding characteristics, but it is delicious.
This sake brewer brews a different flavor every year using house yeast. The complex, earthy dry taste gradually becomes familiar, but the punch is hard to resist.
This sake brewer brews a different flavor every year using house yeast. The complex, earthy dry taste gradually becomes familiar, but the punch is hard to resist.
The Cornerstone of Kurosawa
It is said that the sake was matured for 6 months in the sake brewery.
It is said to have been matured in a sake brewery for six months.
Characterized by its calm and round taste.
Serve with sashimi or raw oysters
This is a mature sake that was stored in a room dam in Sakuho-machi and passed through last summer. Normally, stored sake is fire-aged, but this one is called "Nama-nazake". It is dark and round.
Kurosawa Namikoshi Junmai 80
Rated 4.4-4.3
Rice: Hitogochi, Polishing ratio: 80%, Yeast: 901
Brewed with low whiteness, it has sweetness, umami, and a smooth taste that can only be achieved with nama-moto. The profile is a little firm with a sake strength of +8, and it expands and improves when heated.
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