2022 Noguchi Naohiko Sake Institute, Yamahai Daiginjo Muroka Genshu, Ishikawa Prefecture, Sake, Japan (18%)
Product: 20228073176
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Noguchi Naohiko Sake Institute
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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The time-honoured and painstaking methods used by master brewer Noguchi and the team at his eponymous Institute allow Sake to be created with exceptional balance and an inestimable depth of character. As befits the work of such a venerated master craftsman, when drinking his Sake, I can feel the poise and pause that might only be garnered by having worked an unimaginable seventy vintages!
Upon release, I expect some intense cereal notes with very delicate umami and soy touches alongside orchard fruit and a full-bodied mouthfeel. As these bottlings age, they show increased complexity and coalescence whilst exchanging a little depth of body for a growing, contented breadth.
Rob Whitehead, Spirits Buyer, Berry Bros. & Rudd (April 2023)
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