Tamagawa, Time Machine, Heirloom Amber, Kyoto Prefecture, Sake (11%)

Tamagawa, Time Machine, Heirloom Amber, Kyoto Prefecture, Sake (11%)

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Tamagawa, Time Machine, Heirloom Amber, Kyoto Prefecture, Sake (11%)

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Description

The nose has dried fruit and a savoury, umami aspect which shows itself on the palate as some extraordinary melange of brown rice, soy sauce and manuka honey. This is the creation of a crazed genius and is quite simply the strangest and most enthralling Sake I have had the pleasure to explore. A perfect embodiment of the phrase 'weird and wonderful', this beguiles and thrills in equal measure.
Rob Whitehead, Spirits Buyer

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About this SPIRIT

Kinoshita Sake Brewery

Kinoshita Sake Brewery

The Kinoshita Brewery was established in 1842 by Zenbei, the fifth generation heir of the Kinoshita family. Rice was harvested from the thirty hectares of family paddies, and spring water collected from the mountain behind the brewery to make into sake. 
Today, Kinoshita Yoshito manages the brewery eleven generations on.

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Rice

Rice

Alcoholic beverages made from rice, are based on the fermentation of rice starch which converts to natural sugars and alcohol. Unlike the production of beer which utilises mashing to convert starch to sugars, the rice beverage making relies on action of acids or enzymes like amylase.

Rice-based beverages typically have a higher alcohol content, 18%–25% abv, than still wine (9%–15%), and a higher alcohol content than the standard beers (usually 4%–6%).

Sake (a Japanese rice-based brewed alcohol) is misleadingly referred to as Rice Wine, although unlike wine, in which alcohol is produced by fermenting sugar that is naturally present in grapes, sake is produced by means of a brewing process more akin to beer.

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When is a wine ready to drink?

We provide drinking windows for all our wines. Alongside the drinking windows there is a bottle icon and a maturity stage. Bear in mind that the best time to drink a wine does also depend on your taste.

Not ready

These wines are very young. Whilst they're likely to have lots of intense flavours, their acidity or tannins may make them feel austere. Although it isn't "wrong" to drink these wines now, you are likely to miss out on a lot of complexity by not waiting for them to mature.

Ready - youthful

These wines are likely to have plenty of fruit flavours still and, for red wines, the tannins may well be quite noticeable. For those who prefer younger, fruitier wines, or if serving alongside a robust meal, these will be very enjoyable. If you choose to hold onto these wines, the fruit flavours will evolve into more savoury complexity.

Ready - at best

These wines are likely to have a beautiful balance of fruit, spice and savoury flavours. The acidity and tannins will have softened somewhat, and the wines will show plenty of complexity. For many, this is seen as the ideal time to drink and enjoy these wines. If you choose to hold onto these wines, they will become more savoury but not necessarily more complex.

Ready - mature

These wines are likely to have plenty of complexity, but the fruit flavours will have been almost completely replaced by savoury and spice notes. These wines may have a beautiful texture at this stage of maturity. There is lots to enjoy when drinking wines at this stage. Most of these wines will hold in this window for a few years, though at the very end of this drinking window, wines start to lose complexity and decline.