Rice polishing ratio :50
Alcohol content :14%.
How to drink :Cold
Rice used :100% Izuwasanbaku from Yamagata Prefecture
Where to buy :Wakasaya Sake Shop @ Urawa
September 4, 2024
Dinner at home.
The first bottle of sake was opened.
The first bottle was a bottle of Mitsuo Yamakawa 2024 Aki. The first aroma
The top aroma is creamy. There is a sense of gas,
It seems to have some gas, but it doesn't.... There is a slight chili taste on the tongue.
There is a slight chili feeling on the tip of the tongue. Fruity and light.
Light and fruity, with a good balance of sweetness, umami, acidity, and bitterness.
It has a beautiful taste with a good balance of sweet, tasty, acidic, and bitter. Kochi
Kochi shellfish sashimi, saikyo pickled gindara
and other dishes.
This is the second type of sake of the day.
Yamakawa Mitsuo is a sake brewed jointly by four breweries in Yamagata Prefecture.
The name was taken from a single letter of each of the four participating breweries. Yamagata Masamune" for the mountain, "Tatenokawa" for the river, "Toko" for the light, and "Hanyo Otokoyama" for the man.
It is full of playfulness, isn't it?
This year's "2025 Aki" marks the 10th anniversary of the brand's launch, and Kojima Sohonten is the host brewer.
It has a muscat-like acidity and is refreshing. It is an Aki-version, but it is somehow summery. I was able to drink it without hesitation!
Mitsuo Yamakawa and Tanigawadake Junmai Hiyoroshi
Mitsuo Yamakawa was refreshingly sweet and easy to drink.
Tanigawadake was spicy and a little difficult to drink.
Then Aki. The host is Kojima So Honten.
100% Dewa Sanzan, No. 10 yeast is used.
The aroma is sweet rice. The acidity is cream soda.
The taste is not as sweet as expected. The acidity is effective and a little gassy, and there is a bitter aftertaste, so it is a refreshing dry soda.
Much lighter when lukewarm.