When I heard the name "Sanzenzori," I personally remembered the activated nigori sake that gushed out when the bottle was opened.
Sanzenzori also has such a product, Junmai Daiginjo-shu, which is quite unique.
The first thing that spreads across the palate rather than the ginjo aroma is the tangy dryness. After it passes down the throat, the sweetness and the ginjo aroma arrive. It was easy to drink and had an interesting flavor.
By the way, the sake meter, which is not very helpful for drinkers, is +18, which means it is dry, but not just dry. It is dry, but not just dry.
It has a high ginjo aroma, a slight mellow sweetness, and a refreshing aftertaste.
This is indeed a Junmai Daiginjo from Niigata.
The sake meter reads +4, but the sake meter is actually not that important to the drinker. It is up to you to decide whether you find it spicy or sweet.
A special sake given to me on my birthday by a special person.
It is called "Ai Yamazaru" because the brand name Yamazaru is brewed with sake rice called Aizan.
It is a junmai ginjo, but has a mild aroma and light taste. It is very easy to drink.
On a cold night, you want something hot to drink.
Kanbokuto's special junmai is dry and tastes great warmed up.
We paired it with dashi broth and chicken wing daikon radish.
Yamaguchi Shuzo's "Garden Uguisu" from Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture, is famous for its label featuring a Japanese bush warbler, but this is a Dharma label, aged for one to two years.
It is clear and colorless, so it is not a matured sake, but even so, its mellow mouthfeel is quite different from the sharpness of new sake.
Nagano Local Sake Series 4
This is good! I recommend this bottle.
Junmai Ginjo-shu, bottle-enclosed. This alone is extravagant, but this special bottle is kept in a tunnel by a dam lake at an altitude of 900 meters for 100 days and served in the fall.
The aroma spreads softly, and it is very clear and pleasant to drink. It is easy to enjoy.
Nagano Local Sake Series ③.
The most typical "mellow sake" for the coming season is junmai sake.
It has a strong rice flavor and is more robust than refreshing.
It should be paired with dishes with a strong flavor, such as simmered dishes, or sashimi served with soy sauce.
Nagano Local Sake Series (1)
Handmade sake nurtured by the local climate and microorganisms
Polishing ratio 59
A dry sake with a slight ginjo aroma.
It will go well with nabe dishes in the coming season.
A drink I encountered in Kurume, the town of yakitori.
Yakitori Yugen has a large selection of sake, so I bought a packet. I chose one with a stylish label.
It has a ginjo aroma and sweet rice flavor, and looks good served in a wine glass. It goes well with meat dishes such as yakitori.
A drink I encountered in Kurume, the town of yakitori.
Yakitori Yugen has a large selection of Japanese sake, and it was hard to choose just one, so I bought a packet. I chose one with a stylish label.
Hachisen" V1116 wine yeast brewed by Hachinohe Shuzo in Aomori Prefecture. It has a fruity flavor that I would like to drink with a glass of wine. It goes well with meat dishes such as yakitori.
A cup of sake I encountered at &SAKE FUKUOKA, an event that brought together sake breweries in Fukuoka Prefecture.
The name of the sake is "Okinoshima," produced by Katsuya Sake Brewery in Munakata City, where the World Heritage Site Okinoshima, "the island where the gods dwell," is located. We had a glass of "Honoka," an easy-to-drink sake with a low alcohol content of 13 degrees Celsius.
It is light and refreshing with Yume Issen.
A cup of sake I encountered at &SAKE FUKUOKA, an event that brought together sake breweries in Fukuoka Prefecture.
Ikegame Shuzo's "Kurokabuto" is a rare junmai ginjo-shu made with black malted rice used for shochu (distilled spirit).
We had the standard junmai ginjo this time, but there were many others we wanted to try, including wine barrel-aged and rosé-colored sake.
A cup of sake I encountered at &SAKE FUKUOKA, an event that brought together sake breweries in Fukuoka Prefecture.
It was a robust cup of "Kunis Kotobuki" junmai sake brewed by the Yanagawa Sake Brewery in Yanagawa City, a sightseeing spot famous for its river rafting (a search for "sakewa" did not turn up any results).
A not-so-major brand is also delicious.
A cup of sake I encountered at &SAKE FUKUOKA, an event that brought together sake breweries in Fukuoka Prefecture.
Brewed by the Mizuho Kiku Sake Brewery in the coal mining town of Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture, "Gokuraku Houjyo" is a fruity sake that is typical of junmai ginjo-style sake.
Not so major brands are also delicious.
A cup of sake I encountered at &SAKE FUKUOKA, an event that brought together sake breweries in Fukuoka Prefecture.
Toyomori" is a fruity, easy-drinking sake brewed by the Toyomura Sake Brewery in Tsuyazaki, Fukutsu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, where Miyajitake Shrine, made famous by the "Path of Light," is located (a search for "sakewa" did not turn up anything).
Not so major brands are also delicious.
Seafood = Pescatore
Tsukiyomi no Mikoto = Tsukiyomi, god of the calendar and navigation, presiding over the night
What a glamorous name.
It is a refreshing dry sake made in the cold and stored at ice temperature.
It is said to have been made to go well with fish dishes and sushi. It is, indeed, a sake suitable for eating.