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This is the fifth installment of "Tsuketaro Sake Shop," where you'll receive a hot sake DJ Tsuketaro recommends every month, along with a pairing recipe. This time it's "Shiraoi Tsuketaro Sake Shop Limited Edition Barrel Sake" from Sawada Shuzo.
The brewery is located in Chita Peninsula, Aichi Prefecture, and has been carefully brewing sake using traditional methods and tools. The koji room, which is the heart of the brewery, burned down in November of last year, and with the cooperation of neighboring breweries, they are continuing to make sake in order to rebuild it. Shiraoi-ume, a plum wine made with a sake base that is a reprint of an Edo-period process, is also delicious.
It is a special sake made by blending two different types of sake, one that is usually bottled for a week and the other that is bottled for three or five days.
If you look closely, you can see some stains on the label, which is a vintage label that was actually used 60 years ago.
The wine has a soft sweetness with a hint of oak, but not too much, followed by a bitter or astringent taste.
The easy pairing this time was matsutake mushroom soup.
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