Kikuhime Daiginjo Aged 10 Years "Kukurihime" Narutotai Nama Genshu

Kikuhime Daiginjo Aged 10 Years "Kukurihime" Narutotai Nama GenshuKIKUHIME KUKURIHIME Daiginjo, Ishikawa prefecture Rice: Hyogo Yokowa AAA rated Yamada Nishiki polished to 50% Water: Medium hard Hakusan underground well water Named after the goddess of Hakusan Mountain, where the brewery sources its water, Kukurihime represents the pinnacle of sake making at Kikuhime. Every year, the brewery selects the finest tank of Daiginjo for that year, setting it aside to age at low temperatures for at least 10 years, allowing

but there are rich semi-sweet tones of hot chocolate and oatmeal that get more pronounced as the sake warms in the glass

and pomegranate slowly glide across the palate with a thirsty acidity that elevates everything

with instant impact

and sashimi

but no way

WORD: Chunky WINE: N/A BEER: Chunky fruit brews FOODS: Comfort foods

The nose on this new summer released unpasteurized brew is a clever collection of apple cider

CRAFTMEN - Master brewer who controls all sake making process is called “Toji (杜氏) ”

and mild banana flavors that drink chewy and ripe

This is not a powerful Koshu sake

and has a dry water-like finish

especially when a sake tastes professional