Amabuki Junmai "Gin no Kurenai"
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Gin no Kurenai is a revolution in the taste, color and aroma of sake. From the moment it leaves the bottle, the special qualities are apparent: a beautiful rosé color, coming from the use of ancient black rice, glistens in your wine glass. The flavor is lightly sweet with notes of red fruit: cranberry, raspberry, hibiscus, with foresty and earthy undertones. Chilled, it drinks like a light and fascinating aperitif but at room temperature the flavor really expands, growing further still when heated to 140 or so, which emphasizes the acidity, sharpness, and tea-like astringency.
Location: Saga
Grade: Junmai
Rice: Saga no Hana (55%), Purple Black Rice Rice (100%)
SMV:+1
Acidity 1.1
Yeast: Strawberry and Vanilla Cactus Yeast
ABV: 15%
Aged: ~ 1 Year
Established 1688 in the northern Kyushu region, Amabuki Brewery has been producing sake earnestly for over 325 years. They make use of locally harvested Saga rice and underground water and to create unique, high grade sake. Their specialty - a new style of using flower yeasts - is a combination of their skill, creativity and hard work, and led to new level in sake. Enriching your most relaxing times with the elegant and unique fragrances and flavors in their brews has been their ultimate duty for generations.
Roasted beets; raspberry, quinoa & avocado salad; served warm with steak bordelaise; Thanksgiving dinner with homemade cranberry sauce; lentil loaf with mushrooms and hazelnuts
