Hori
Pink nigori sake, perfect for the Dolls' Festival.
It is Atago no Matsu no Harukoi.
I bought it because it is a regular popular spring sake.
The pink lees caused by red yeast reaches the neck of the bottle. I have never had nigori sake this thick before.
I carefully opened the bottle so that the lid would not fly off, slowly stirred it and poured it into a glass, which still made big bubbles of puku-puku even in the glass.
The sloshing mouthfeel was just like a strawberry shake, as I had heard. It was not as sweet as I had imagined, but perhaps influenced by the color and mouthfeel, I was surprised to find that it really tasted like strawberries.
I made the strawberry & cream cheese prosciutto roll that was recommended by Sakelabo Tokyo and paired it with it, which was shockingly perfect. When you eat the prosciutto roll and put the harukoshi in your mouth in the middle, the flavors connect seamlessly. The texture of the prosciutto roll, the texture of the sake, the image of the color, the sweet and sour taste, if anything, were such a perfect pairing that both tasted the same. There are fine rice grains left in the sake, which are similar to the grains of strawberries, even to the point where they look like grains of strawberries.
It was the first time I experienced the type of sake by itself, and I am glad I bought the Harukai because I was able to experience the oni pairing as well.
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