It has a fresh acidity and elegant sweetness with a slight effervescence, and of course it has a wonderful balance of crispness and aftertaste characteristic of medium-hard water from the subsoil of Miwa Shrine.
The perfect balance like a sphere in which the flavor of the rice and soft water are completely blended, and the lingering aftertaste produced by the deep nostalgia of the sake.
It is the "ultimate daiginjo" that you can enjoy the shimmer of a bottle in an instant without words.
The distribution peaks at the end of the year... but it is still a rare product, but once you find it, it is the last one you should drink without regret.
Technical
Sake rice: Yamadanishiki
Rice polishing ratio: 65
Sake degree: +9
Acidity: 1.6
Amino acidity: unknown
Alcohol: 15
Brewing: Aged for over a year in the brewery
Price: @1,490
Taste
It has an aromatic, glossy, fresh aroma, a crisp dry taste, and a mature mature taste.
This is an excellent product that you should always keep in stock.
Technical
Koji Rice : Gohyakumangoku (Kyoto, Hyogo)
Kake rice:Koshihikari, etc.
Rice polishing ratio: 68
Sake degree: Unknown
Acidity: Unknown
Amino acidity: Unknown
Alcohol: 21
Limited to one order per year (late in the brewing season)
Aroma
Intense aroma like overripe comte cheese
Taste
Honjozo unfiltered unpasteurized sake...Powerful and deep caramel sweetness and strong acidity. The pleasant bitterness and quality of the sake is like a port wine. It is best enjoyed as an after-dinner sake.
Keep in the refrigerator for observation.
Rice: Tanenanishiki (Polishing ratio 50%)
Alcohol content: between 15 and 16 degrees
Ultra-soft water essential for light and dry sake brewing. Sake Kirinzan is brewed with the subterranean water of the Tokonami River, whose source is the local Mt. This is because the humus grown in the forest finely filters the melt water from the snow. In order to maintain the water source recharging function of the beech forests (*), Kirinzan Brewery is working hard to conserve clean water while conducting tree-planting activities in areas left abandoned after harvesting.
Technical
Rice: Oita Mitsui
Rice polishing rate: 60%.
Sake meter value: +15.0
Acidity: Not disclosed
Amino acidity: Not disclosed
Alcohol: 16%.
Aroma
Spice, hot and muffled aroma
Taste
A brewery that has revived Oita Mitsui, a phantom sake rice from Oita that was on the verge of extinction. Perhaps due to the large grain of rice, Oita Mitsui has a pleasant miscellaneous flavor and an impressive hint of spice.
The residual sugar content is modest, but the taste of the rice is masculine and powerful, with a notable "acid and mineral structure".
Technical
Sake rice: Omachi
Rice polishing ratio: 55%.
Sake meter value: +9.0
Acidity: 1.3
Amino acidity: not disclosed
Alcohol: 15%.
Aroma
Honey plum, sunken hearth
Taste
Neutral taste, rich rice flavor and mild acidity. The gap between aroma and taste creates a good synergistic effect, and there's a hint of something unusual about it. It's delicious!
Technical
Rice: Yamadanishiki
Rice polishing ratio: 50%.
Sake meter value: +7.0
Acidity: 1.3
Amino acidity: 1.1
Alcohol content: 15%.
Aroma
Hints of spices like banana, melon, and hackberry
Taste
Shizuoka's sake is brewed in very soft water, so the structure is blurred (like an impressionist painting), but it's carefully made and you can feel the "craftsmanship".
Technical
Rice: Yamadanishiki
Rice polishing ratio: 65%.
Yeast: Private
Sake level: not disclosed
Acidity: Not disclosed
Alcohol: 16%.
Aroma
Smoky incense (smoky), slightly young muscat
Taste
Creamy, spherical minerality, pleasantly smoky and bitter accents in the aftertaste, and a peppery nuance that lingers on the tongue.
Marriage
Carbonara! BBQ Shrimp w Crazy Salt & Lemon
Where to buy
Visit to the brewery
Technical
Rice: Yamadanishiki
Rice polishing ratio: 55%.
Yeast: Private
Sake level: not disclosed
Acidity: Not disclosed
Alcohol: 17%.
Aroma
melon
red grapefruit
dragon fruit
Taste
I can't drink without thick makeup and on the rocks.
About the producer
Hachioji once flourished as an inn town along the Koshu Kaido Road, and was once known as the "Mulberry City" for its silk weaving and sericulture.
In the center of the city, the merchant houses that supported the former post town are now in the city.
The kimono shop, which still remains today and is owned by the family of a very famous female musician, seems to be doing very well.
If you walk a little bit closer to Takao from the draper, you will see it across the Koshu Kaido.
There were two breweries that used the Chichibu water system to brew their sake, but in 2003 Nishioka Shuzo, which changed its name from "Shakai-kan" to "Gassimaru", merged with Kawamura Shuzo of Fukui Prefecture, and they decided to continue brewing in Fukui as Nishioka Kawamura Shuzo, with Ozawa Shuzo Brewery as the sole guardian of their base.
The Ozawa Sake Brewery was founded in 1925.
Technical
Sake rice: Akita Sake-Komachi
Rice polishing ratio: 55% koji rice/65% rice on rice
Yeast: Church 6
Sake level: not disclosed
Acidity: Not disclosed
Alcohol: 14%.
Aroma
freshly cooked rice
green apple
White Flowers
Clean Cellar
Taste
Slight firing.
Although it is a standard cuvée, you can feel the spirit of Shinsei's work and the energy of sake. gem
Characterized by spicy peppery nuances and acidity that leave a tangy taste on the tongue.
○ Technical
Rice: Yamadanishiki
Rice polishing ratio: 50%.
Sake level: not disclosed
Acidity: Not disclosed
Alcohol: 15%.
Aroma
melon
taste
Slightly fine-grained and fresh, the middle part of the bottle is very seamless and soft, while the rice flavor with the fatty yamadanishiki is also evident. The aftertaste is also very smooth and beautiful, with no hint of 15% alcohol.