Fukuju, Daiginjou-Shu (Kobe Shushinkan Co., Ltd)

2022-02-06

Tasting Comment

You feel the flavor of fresh white peach and pear. The viscosity is heavy and it implies the well-round and condensed sweetness. When you drop it in your mouth, the rich and sophisticated sweetness and the comfortable acidity spread. The texture is smooth and the finish is long. This Japanese Sake style is close to that of Germany Ice wines. However, the sweetness is modester. You must enjoy this Japanese Sake in cold. If you make it warm or hot, you will kill the charms.

Taste Chart

Sweet-Dry: 3/5 (1 is sweet, 5 is Dry)

Fruity-Acid: 2/5 (1 is Fruity, 5 is Acid)

Light-Bold: 3/5 (1 is Light, 5 is Bold)

5℃~15℃

I recommend you should enjoy this Japanese Sake with delicate appetizer. Hassun, Japanese appetizer that is served in classic Japanese restaurants, will be a good partner.

Mimolette also parts well.

If you would like to enjoy this Japanese Sake with western style dish, I recommend stir-fried scallop in butter and soy source.

The tips of this Ippon

“Fukuju” is the brand name of this brewery. It is well-known that their Junmai-Ginjo-Shu was served in Norvel Prize banquets several times. They won a lot of international Japanese Sake Contests. Of course, they also won the contests in Japan too. The brewery is located in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture. Hyogo Prefecture is known to produce high quality rice for Japanese Sake, “Yamada-nishiki”. Most of Japanese Sake breweries use “Yamada-nishiki” for brewing Ginjo-Shu. Hyogo Prefecture also holds Rokko Mountain that pours finest quality water. They fully enjoy these advantages to brew their Japanese Sake.