The cold weather is getting colder day by day and I miss hot pot. Tonight we're having oden, which I've been meaning to eat for a while.
I didn't have any sake ready, but I thought it would be nice to warm it up, so I bought some at a nearby convenience store.
I warmed it lukewarm.
It has a pleasant aroma of ripe apples, a sweet aroma, and a moderate bitterness.
The other day, I went to visit Masutani Hamono (Echizen Uchihamono) in Fukui Prefecture and bought this Fukui sake.
It had a fresh and rich flavor like honey apples, and in the aftertaste, a bitter aroma like caramel appeared.
I've been transferred to Gifu prefecture this month!
I went sightseeing in Nagoya during the consecutive holidays from yesterday, and today I took a walk around the neighborhood.
When I got hungry, I slipped in a last-minute lunch at Sagami, a Japanese noodle restaurant, and had the lunch Sagami set meal and this.
While there are many sakes with a lot of glamour these days, this one has the feel of an honest ginjo sake. I have a good impression!
The second part of the parting gift. This is also a sake from Miyagi, the recipient's hometown.
From the moment it is poured into the glass, it has a gorgeous and modern impression with a gorgeous ginjo aroma.
Bananas, melons, pears, kamishinko and shiratama dumplings.
The sweetness, sourness and bitterness unite to create a round and delicious flavor.
Tasting the sake that I received as a parting gift when I was transferred.
The sake is from Shonan, the hometown of the person who gave it to me.
It has the fruitiness of apples and bananas that only a ginjo can provide, but it is not overly flashy and has an elegant sweetness in the mouth.
It has a smooth balance with a gentle sourness and a mild bitterness.
Gakki Masamune's Junmai is made from Fukushima Prefecture's Yume-no-Ko sake rice.
It has a gorgeous aroma of juicy fruits like apples and Muscat, and a light finish of 13° that makes it flow gently.
I had it in a Riedel Junmai glass that I received as a gift😊.
This junmai ginjo is made from 100% Yuki Sayaka rice produced by Kiyama Noen in Chonai-cho, Hokkaido, and 60% polished by Akita Seishu.
It has a fresh mouthfeel with a slight effervescence and a pleasantly soothing acidity.
It went well with chicken nanban.
It has a gorgeous banana-like aroma and a soft mouthfeel.
The alcohol is moderate.
This is a very modern Junmai flavor.
I paired it with yellowtail radish.
I'm actually taking a cake diploma, and on my way home from the L'Ecole du Vin course the other day, I bought some at Imae Ya in GINZA6!
Gorgeous and mellow.
Sparkling sake tonight...
Since it's Tanabata, we named this sparkling sake "Nanaken" after the Japanese word for "seven".
It has a beautiful slightly yellowish frosted cloudiness.
The bubbles are so delicate that you can barely see them, but when you put it in your mouth, they pop and pop and pop.
The nose is banana, apple, pear and yogurt.
The alcohol content is light at 11%, so you can enjoy it leisurely.
I'm late to the party, but I made my debut with a one-cup labeled by Shimura Ken👍.
I paired it with meat and potatoes!
I was thinking "I want to see Ken-san's smile more".
Ichinokura's Special Junmai purchased at Seven Eleven.
Temperature is 15 degrees Celsius (chilled in the wine cellar)
I used a masu (a square of rice) and a mokkiri ^ ^.
I paired it with chicken katsu-don🙆️.
Masumi's Dry Gold to go with the pork shoulder roast with ginger.
The way I drank it, I imagined it as 'the dry sake'.
The aftertaste is slightly bitter like burnt sugar.
Uncrowned emperor purchased at FamilyMart.
A sense of maturity that I never imagined from the refreshing appearance of the bottle...
It was already a year old bottle...! Next time, I'd like to pair it with something simmered or something.
Tonight, I paired it with marinated and then roasted striped horse mackerel.