Brewery Follow SHUZO is renowned for producing high-end sakes according to traditional Japanese techniques. Located in the picturesque KESEN region, in the Iwate prefecture, the brewery supplies local ingredients, such as high-quality high quality high quality water-rich water in the minerals of high quality cultivated In the plains of Kitakami.
These natural resources help give a single profile to their saké, carefully developed by qualified craftsmen. Follow SHUZO is renowned for its commitment to preserving traditional brewing methods while creating sakes that perfectly reflect the terroir of the region.
Tokubetsu Junmai, or pure special, is a special name reserved for high quality sakes, these traditional and indigenous rice wines that have become a strong symbol of Japanese national culture. Iwate No Jizake Tokubetsu Junmai is a carefully brewed pure rice saké. This special Junmai saké offers a soft and bodied taste. The rice is polished at 60% and brewed during the coldest season of the year, thus creating a harmonious blend of sweet and pure flavors.
60% polishing eliminates impurities, and slow infusion during the coldest season leaves only pure umami flavor. It's a pure rice pure rice and deep and pleasant in the mouth. The aromas are fine and delicate, slightly milky, evoking the melon, the banana, the yellow plum, the Mirabelle, with small brioche and toasty accents.
The palate is generous, supple, greedy, round, buttered, spicy, fruity evoking the banana composed, offering a state affirmed, a slight acidity and astringency at the end of the mouth. Served fresh or at room temperature, it will accompany a white butter white fish (sandre, bar, mule), a casselette of mussels, a chicken with a pot, a veal, the creamy blue cheeses, a tart tart of apples or of pears.
This saké will also fit perfectly in accordance with spicy dishes or mooned stews. The Japanese appreciate it in accompaniment of sashimi of fish with red flesh, grilled fish or seafood. Served hot, at 45 ° C, the aromas evoke the brioche, the hot bread, the supply.
The mouth is very buttered, almost creamy, with a slight acidity and a small note of bitterness. It will accompany perfectly a pudding and vanilla ice cream, a lost bread or a loose brioche and its vanilla ice cream
