Sake No. 009 "Kazenomori, Omachi, Junmai-Shiborihana"

Hello everybody.
In Tokyo, a rainy day continues and is humid, unpleasant atmosphere.
By the result, I was obliged to cancel the mountain climbing that I planned this weekend.

But I think that probably I am on the mountain if update of the blog is stopped.
An interval of the update may prolong because I'm going to go for some trips and mountain climbing after July.

However, I intend to obtain some gain for this blog because I have the policy which takes liquor when I climb the mountain.


By the way, I introduce "Kazenomori, Omachi, Junmai-Shiborihana" this time. This liquor is the very favorite Sake which I drink particularly frequently.

"Kazenomori, Omachi, Junmai-Shiborihana". Kazenomori has various kinds, and this is one of those.

About the reason, it is the biggest factor at first a price is inexpensive, and to be easy to buy. There is the thing of the 2,000 yen level first half at 1,800 ml with the inexpensive thing.

The rice which was generally made for the Sake of high quality is used in Yucho-Brewery making this Sake, and there is the Sake made with the normal rice which was made to eat. About the thing which "The rice for brewing Sake" made for the Sake was used for, the price is more modest than other brands.

For example, "Rice polishing rate" of this Sake is 80%. In this way, it is inexpensive, and they make it by reducing quantity that they polish it and cut down on. However, a reasonable technique is necessary to make the delicious Sake with the so difficult manufacturing method.

By the way, according to Brewery, "Shiborihana" means "The part which came out naturally without being compressed".

Outline

Yucho-Brewery making Kazenomori is in Gose-city (御所), Nara. There is the brewery in the central city area of Gose. Even if there are many knowing people, Nara is an ancient city on behalf of Japan ranking with Kyoto.

 
Speaking of an ancient city, we are apt to imagine the old cityscape of a small range, but this Nara is sprinkled with an old temple, a Shinto shrine, cityscape over a wide area.

This is Toshodai-ji (唐招提寺) Temple which is one of the representative temples of Nara. The Kondo (金堂) standing in front is a building of the end of eighth century. There are such an old temple and old shrine in the Nara Basin a lot.

Gose in the Nara Basin is no exception to the example, and a lot of old buildings built in the Edo era stay in the central city area.

A model of the town was already formed in the fifth century as a stronghold of Katsuragi-family which had governed this ground. Some hills thought to be the old burial mound of the time are left in the city.

This is the train of Wakayama-Line in Gose Station. You can see the sights of there effectively when you use it because there is a lot pike like a mesh of a net in Nara. Some painting of the train are products for tourists, too.

There is the brewery of seven in this Gose city because there is much Sake-Brewery in such a town which developed for a long time necessarily. When it is other brands, I like Shinomine (篠峯) and Hyakurakumon (百楽門).

In the first place Nara is prefecture with much Sake which is delicious and indivifual. How about drinking the Japanese traditional Sake in an occasion of the sightseeing of Nara? They will surely give fun on your trip.

Character

Name: "Kazenomori, Omachi, Junmai-Shiborihana" (風の森、雄町、純米しぼり華)
Place: Yucho-Brewery (油長酒造), Gose, Nara prefecture
Class: Junmai
Rice: Omachi (雄町)
Rice polishing rate: 80%
Yeast: The Society No.7 (協会7号)
Filtration: No
Heat treatment: No
Water addition: No
Alcohol content: 17%
Sake meter: -4
Acid meter: 2.0
Price: JPY 2,700 (1,800 ml)
Official website: http://www.yucho-sake.jp/Site/TOP.html
My rating: AA

Taste

The fragrance was the ethyl acetate smell that there was a few it found in low temperature in the Sake which was made to ferment for a long time frequently. Therefore the juicy sweetness characterizing Omachi which was used rice appeared. They played exquisite harmony while competing.

In Kazenomori, the characteristic includes a point to include carbonic acid in richness. As Kassei-shu, it was felt so fizzy that I took a sip.

Serious sweetness melted smoothly into my tongue when it stoled out of a wave of the carbonic acid. It was taste such as the sweet carbonate juice which even a child seemed to be able to drink if it didn't include even alcohol.

Therefore slight acidity that existed from a beginning fixed the great sweetness, and the sweetness did not give heaviness to me. Though it was the Sake which only this was sweet, and was individual, it wondered at me there was a refreshing feel unexpectedly and drank it at all, and not to get tired.

The taste of this Sake thinks that the affinity of a dark dish of the taste is good because it is thick.  I ate with tacos for trial, but was a good pair.

These are very mysterious combinations of Mexican food and Japanese liquor, but affinity is unexpectedly good.

My story

As I wrote it first, Kazenomori is one of the brands which I drink frequently. It is easy to buy even a bar psychologically because one phase is lower than other Sake. It is "Kazenomori, α-type No.1" to be especially inexpensive in them. The price of Sake which I usually drink has many things about 3,000 yen with a bottle of the capacity of 1,800 ml. However, the price of this Sake is around 2,200 yen! "Alcohol content" is modest by just that much with 14%, but taste is very thick and is balanced.

"Kazenomori, α-type No.1". This is a experimental Sake to understand it from the name.

And the absolutely indispensable thing is the Ikakidori (笊籬採り) series to appear at the beginning of autumn in talking about Kazenomori. These are slightly common products more expensive than an article, but there are unique taste and flavor because it is purified by a method not to miss taste and a fragrance as much as possible.

I am the one who became the captive, and there is oneself of the present Kazenomori fan simply because I drank this.

By the way, I've been to near Yucho-Brewery. However, I've passed by it then without knowing the charm of the Sake because then I was the teenager who couldn't drink liquor by a law. I want to visit it by all means in Brewery if there is an opportunity to go on the next time.

Cityscape of Gose. A small road forms the cityscape such as the grid in this way. I was this age that Sake could not drink when I took a picture. However, a white building of Yucho-Brewery is seen in the depths.

How to buy (or drink)

It is inexpensive, delicious Kazenomori, but there is little amount of production, and there are a few stores in Tokyo. However, You can buy it in Uemo-Shop (google maps) of Nerima in Tokyo. It began to become popular, and it increased earlier recently to be sold out than old days.

With the rise of popularity, the bars which stocked them increased considerably. When you want to drink them, please search it with the word "風の森" in the following sites.
http://tabelog.com/