I used to lump Sharaku and Tobiroki together as Fukushima sake, but there are many sake breweries dispersed throughout the prefecture, and I am sure that the individuality of each brewery varies due to the different climates of the regions.
What is Minamiaizu like?
According to Mari, who runs a local sake shop, Kobayashi Shoten, Minamiaizu is a rice-producing region with good quality rice and soft water, which makes it easier to produce umami sake than dry sake.
The first sip is a big hit. Is it because of the 17% alcohol content?
Then the umami comes in afterwards. It is mellow and sharp and has a deep balance.
It was matched with a thick dish of simmered flounder ^ ^.
Newly brewed daytime sake with a flat polished rice of 65.
12% alcohol by volume with faint micro bubbles.
Is this sake?
A slightly sour white wine!
This is what you can make.
It is perfect for deeply enjoying food and sake.
Delicious ^ ^.
It is cloudy, but the acidity is round, and the aroma is subdued but lingers for a long time, making it an elegant drink.
Well-balanced and delicious ^ ^.
The mellow flavor is concentrated in a really faint microcarbonation, but the aromatic and moderately crisp taste invites eating. We matched it with fried oysters. Delicious ^ ^.
A mellow, full-flavored, fall-ripened wine with a soft mouthfeel. Although the alcohol content is 16%, there is little stimulation.
It has a soft taste and is not too strong. It is still delicious ^ ^.
Soft aroma and umami spread in the mouth in good balance.
It is a modest drink, yet it lingers in the mouth.
I matched it with grilled chicken wings ^ ^.
Lightly carbonated flavor on the palate.
Then the well-balanced umami flavor spreads and the depth and lingering taste spread.
I paired it with grilled squid liver.
^ ^
The first sip is received.
The aroma and flavor are a little flat.
After a little time, the sharpness disappears, and the modest aroma and flavor, which do not disturb anything, make the meal more enjoyable.
I matched it with fried garlic ^ ^.
The mellowness and deep flavor that wafts through the air. After all, Eiko Fuji is very aggressive.
No matter what I drink, I always feel like, "Oh, that's right, that's how it's done.
It's so much fun!
The first drink to open the mouth.
It is a little hard and does not convey umami.
After a little time, it opens up little by little and the light acidity and umami spread in a little roundness.
Not bad ^ ^.
This is a once-a-year trial brewing, this time with a low white rice of 70. This time it was a trial brewing once a year, but this time the rice was polished to a low 70.
It is a little sweet, but not too sweet, with a gorgeous aroma and a mellow, elegant flavor.
It is very well balanced and falls smoothly down the throat ^ ^.