Hori
We received a bottle of Junmai Ginjyo Inakura no Tanada Hitogokochi from Shinshu Kamerei. I bought this bottle at the Okazaki Sake Brewery in Ueda, and it is one of the most memorable bottles I have ever had.
The terraced rice paddies of Inakura in Ueda City are one of the 100 most scenic spots in Japan. The terraced rice fields not only produce rice, but also seem to play an important role as a local tourism resource, with the local government and local businesses participating in preserving the surrounding environment, holding agriculture-related hands-on events and festivals, and opening campgrounds.
The Okazaki Sake Brewery is also deeply involved in the preservation of these terraced rice paddies, and the Hitogokochi used in this sake was also grown in these terraced rice paddies.
As is typical of Shinshu Kamerei sake, it is fruity, refined, and tasteless. It is not the type of sake that makes a big impact, but rather, it gives the impression of being neat and elegant. It has a crisp and clean taste due to the crispness of the alcohol, and the alcohol that smoothly passes through the nose makes the aroma even more gorgeous.
The sake we drank this time was fire-brewed, but next year, if the timing is right, we would like to try the green bottle of nama-zake.
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Hi Hori 😃
We were lucky enough to get a fresh green bottle when we went to Okazaki-san before! I wish we could go on another Nagano sake trip 🥹.
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