Taka Tokubetsu Junmai Namazake "Noble Arrow"

Taka Tokubetsu Junmai Namazake "Noble Arrow"

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 Bright notes of green apple, crisp pear and lime leaf greet the nose on this elegant, white wine-like namazake. On the palate, it's a show of banana, kiwi, white strawberry, lemon cucumber, and  chalky-saltiness. Very smooth, clean, elegant, dry on the finish.

Current brewery president Takahiro Nagayama spent 4 years in the Burgundy cellars of Phillippe Pacalet, convinced that there is common ground between the limestone Chardonnay of Chablis and the limestone-rich water of Yamaguchi. The brewery has honed a unique, delicate, high acidity and mineral-rich style of sake that is gorgeous with bistro cuisine and long meals alfresco.

Brewery: Nagayama Honke
Brand: Taka Domaine
Grade: Tokubetsu Junmai Namazake
Polish: 60%
Prefecture: Yamaguchi
Water: hard water from a local spring that runs over limestone soils
Yeast: #7 (pasteurized version uses #9)
Rice: Hattannishiki (kakemai) & Yamadanishiki (koji)
Established: 1888

Like the pasteurized version of "Noble Arrow", this tokubetsu junmai namazake is strongly reminiscent of chablis and muscadet, which gives us a good hint for pairing. Tinned oily fish on toast, fresh seafood, gougeres, goat cheese, veal, nicoise salad, clams and mussels, lightly cooked spring veg doused in vinaigrette...

The brewery's recommendations are as follows:
"Japanese cuisine and seafood like oysters, or blue-backed fish.The pleasant, citrusy acidity results in a gentle sake that pairs well with most any kind of food. Its crispness can instantly erase the strong, fishy aromas of dishes with oysters or blue-backed fish while it brings out their flavor, and balances both softness and strength."









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