Munegen Hatsushibori-Junmai-Nama-Nihon-Shu.
I went to Takazawa Sake Brewery and found that they were sold out of the nama sake that is pressed at this time of year, so I went to a sake shop where the master of the brewery said they might have some. I came to a sake shop where the master of the brewery told me that he might have some.
This is Sogen's Nama-no-Honshu that was in the refrigerator there. Compared to Akebono, it is indeed a first pressing sake, and the trends are very similar. The mouthfeel is light, and the aroma is that of fresh sake. The top aroma is that of fresh sake.
| List of Labels | |||
| raw rice | Ishikawamon from Suzu, Ishikawa | Malted rice used | domestically produced rice |
| ratio indicating the quantity of polished rice gained from a given quantity of brown rice (nowadays usually expressed as a percent) | 65 | sake brewing name | Sogen Sake Brewery |
| Yeast used | unknown | Manufacturing Prefectures | Ishikawa prefecture (Hokuriku area) |
| sake (implied to be low-grade) | Unknown, but about +/- 0 | Production period | 200212 |
| acidity | Unknown, but low | Date of purchase | 20230204 |
| amino acid degree | unknown | Tasting Day | 20230205 |
| alcohol content (usu. expressed per cent) | 65 | Where to Buy | toranekoya |
| specific name | sake made without added alcohol or sugar | optional entry | |
| Other Special Notes | This sake is brewed with the utmost care and dedication by the Noto Toji, who devoted his best brewing techniques to brewing this sake in the cold night of Noto, Hokuriku. | ||
| wine tasting | |||
| Information on vision | |||
| cage | nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta) | even | |
| sunshine | colorant | slightly yellow | |
| Information on sense of smell | |||
| (incense) pastille | malted rice | incense | nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta) |
| tobacco smoke | incense for the aged | nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta) | |
| type of incense brewed by low temperature fermentation from white rice milled to 60% | |||
| Information on Taste | |||
| sweetness | slight degree | elegant | |
| depressing the string of a zither with one's left hand | light (flavor, flavour) | ||
| heavy | sliding | ||
| light (i.e. not heavy) | Karuizawa | bitterness | ant |
| grudges and hard feelings | bustling | ||
| peppiness (of a ball) | good | rich | I don't feel it. |
| clean | 幅 | ||
| off-flavor | nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta) | old age | nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta) |
| acidity | slightly | swelling | sharp |
| astringency | dimwit | ||
| round | young | young | |
