Sake No. 011 "Sagaminada, Miyamanishiki, Tokubetsu-Junmai Funabazume"

Hello! This year is ending in a few days.

Does everybody complete the preparations for New Year holidays?

When you are busy, you need relaxation. In the case of the relaxation, let's find your favorite Sake by all means.

By the way, a Sake which I introduce this time is "Sagaminada, Miyamanishiki, Tokubetsu-Junmai, Funabazume". I introduced Okunokami which was the Sake of Tokyo last time, but this was made in the neighboring prefecture.

"Sagaminada, Miyamanishiki, Tokubetsu-Junmai Funabazume". It is characterized by a label being filled with letters closely.

A meaning of words of Funabazume (槽場詰め) in the end of the name is that the traditional compression method with the tool called the Fune (槽) was used.
The Sake is provided by the Moromi being squeezed. When Funabazume is performed, it is squeezed up in a bag one by one, and Moromi is spread all over Fune. And it is pressed by the top and is squeezed, but, as for it, the thing that an automatic compressor was used in the present age is mainstream because it takes time very.

However, power increases generally too much when an automatic compressor is used. In addition, the adjustment that a handmade product is smaller is easy to work. So, unlike a thing squeezed by machine, the thing obtained from there becomes the Sake of polite taste.

Furthermore, the squeezed Sake is referred to Shizukudori (雫取り) or Fukurozuri (袋吊り) without adding power as much as possible. In the case of these, things dropping naturally are only collected by the Moromi packed in a bag. However, there is little quantity that is gathered because it is not squeezed, and the price rises.
It is written on an article of Kazenomori which I introduced before. At the same time, look.

Difference between Fune and Fukurozuri. It is a compression method traditional both.

In addition, in Funabazume, it has a property of the Jikagumi substantially because a direct bottle is a done meaning in Funaba. Speaking of the Jikagumi, taste such as the juice carbonate is impressive the Sake. This Sagaminada was taste same as it, too.

Outline

There is Kubota-brewery making Sagaminada in the city called Sagamihara of Kanagawa.


Kanagawa is famous for Yokohama trade port or Yokosuka naval port. So, if anything, as for me, there is strong in the impression called the place with the sea. And the neighborhood is a place of an urbane atmosphere because a city area is connected from Tokyo.

The state of the port of Yokosuka.

By the way, Sagaminada of the name of this Sake has a meaning called Nada (灘, is the sea where a wave is rough) of the Sagami (相模, is the Western part of Kanagawa) district.

This is Sagaminada seen at from Jogashima, Miura. In the coast, it is eroded by waves.

However, there is this Brewery near a mountain approximately 40km away from the shore. Tanzawa mountain range is near, and this neighborhood is the place where there are many hikers because it is the place that is relatively near from Tokyo. And I have climbed this mountain several times, too.

There is Mt.Hirugatake which is the highest peak of the Tanzawa mountain range. It is a perfect prospects place to view at Mount Fuji because this neighborhood is close in it.

There is the place that it is easy to go approached by a train from Tokyo in around one hour. I suggest that you go there when you wanted to breathe delicious air as a change.

Character

Name: "Sagaminada, Miyamanishiki, Tokubetsu-Junmai Funabazume"(相模灘、美山錦、特別純米、槽場詰め)
Place: Kubota-brewery (久保田酒造), Sagamihara, Kanagawa
Class: Tokubetsu-Junmai
Rice: Shinshu-Miyamanishiki (信州美山錦)
Rice polishing rate: 55%
Yeast: No.9
Filtration: No
Heat treatment: No
Water addition: No
Other characteristics: Funabazume (Near to Jikagumi)
Alcohol content: 17-18%
Sake meter: +3
Acid meter: 1.7
Price: JPY 2,800 (1,800ml)
Official website: http://www.tsukui.ne.jp/kubota/
My rating: AA

The explanation is listed all in a frontal label.

Taste

The fragrance is not so strong in it, but a plump sweet fragrance is felt to me subtly.

The relatively stronger sweetness got wide to a tongue when I drank first. It was not the thing which was totally unpleasant for me because the sweetness was accompanied by a refreshing feel. The sharp taste and the acidity appear next and they concentrate the whole tightly and direct the end powerfully. The taste is thick generally, but is a splendid Sake having the taste that there is not of drinking, and getting tired.

This is a Sake which sweetness and balance of the sharp taste have very good. The strong taste told to have used the Fune will be compared to the full-bodied wine. Because this is the taste that I can recommend to anyone, please drink.

How to buy (or drink)

This is a product made in small brewery, but it is sold in relatively many shops if there is Tokyo.
As for it, it can most easily obtain it to buy Machida-ya (googlemaps) of Nakano if you want it because it is stocked by there.

There are several bars stocking it.
When you want to drink them in the bar, please search it with the word "相模灘　日本酒" in the following sites.
http://tabelog.com/