はるアキ
Sharaku Junmai Ginjo Nagosozake Hashu Honor" by Miyazumi Shuzo
Sharaku" Junmai Ginjo-Nagosake, a limited edition sake for the fall season, has undergone ideal aging to bring out its soft flavor and is just about ready to drink.
The sake rice used, "Hashu Homare" (羽州名誉), is a rice developed in Yamagata Prefecture for sake brewing, and is also used in Takagi Shuzo's famous sake "Jyushidai". This rice was bred by Tatsugoro Takagi in 2000 and is the result of crossing Miyamanishiki and Tamaryu F10.
Sake made from "Hashu Homare" has a particularly good balance of sweetness and acidity, and is remarkably easy to drink. It is rich in rice flavor, yet never boring to drink.
Although not as famous as hiyaoroshi, it is called nagoshizake in Chinese characters and is used by a very small number of breweries.
In September, when the cool breeze begins to blow, it is a sake that has just passed through the summer and spent one summer in a cool brewery. The astringent and angular taste of new sake has become rounded, and the taste is just the right amount of freshness and richness, with a lightness and mildness that is truly an "Autumn Run" flavor.
Rice used: Hashu Honor
Rice polishing ratio : 50
Alcohol content : 16
Produced in : Miyazumi Meizo, Fukushima Prefecture
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