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We visited standing drinking chuin before the typhoon hit.
The second sake was Kurosawa Namahoshi Shinshu Wine Barrel Aged.
It is a pure rice sake brewed by Kurosawa Shuzo using Kinmon-Nishiki and aged in a local wine barrel for two summers.
A relative of Kurosawa Shuzo's brewer is in the wine brewing business and provided the wine barrels to make this sake possible.
The appearance is a pale rosé color with strong transparency.
It is hard to tell from the photo, but at a glance it does not look like sake.
The aroma is also close to that of rosé wine, with a slight grain and cream cheese taste.
The taste has a dry first touch.
The taste of light dryness with umami flavor spreads in the mouth, then acidity passes to the nose, and the tannin astringency converges and finishes.
The alcohol level is firm but not sharp due to aging.
The taste is sake at the entrance and wine at the exit.
The overall balance is dry and quite intoxicating. ☺️
This sake is not just an oddity, but a well-considered sake that broadens the range of sake.
While talking with the owner, Mr. Kawada, about how he brewed the original sake with this finish in mind and how he thought about the sake quality design when doing so, we moved on to the next sake.
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