Type
Chiyonosono Shuzo · Kumamoto
Chiyonosono Junmai "Shared Promise"
$27.00
No sales tax — Oregon
Rice
Yamadanishiki, Hananishiki (local)
Prefecture
Kumamoto
Flavor profileEach scale is our tasting-room read on where this bottle sits between two extremes — dry to sweet, light to full-bodied, soft to acidic, and subtle to aromatic. These are subjective, however, and will shift with food, serveware & temp.
DrySweetBalanced dry: reads as dry, with a little bit of softness, or maybe a fruit/brown sugar note that tempers the impression of dryness. Most people will read "2" as dry.
LightFullLight: lean and easy, mellow, has enough flavor and umami to give it character but generally really easy to drink. This is the most common weight for junmai ginjo/ginjo sake.
SoftAcidicVery soft: gentle and mellow, almost no perceptible acidity. A "1" sake isn't flat or boring, but is balanced around overall subtlety and softness, using other characteristics to give it structure.
SubtleAromaticSubtle aroma: if you stick your nose in, you'll get a few quiet notes of fruit, grains, nuts & rice. Aroma isn't a big part of this sake's character. An aromatically quiet sake can still have a powerful flavor, though.
Pairs with
What is there to say about a delicious $27 junmai? It tastes lovely, goes down easy, and is a natural pair for the specialties of kumamoto: tonkotsu ramen, kumamoto oysters (the big ones...grown much larger than ours!), and karashi renkon, a deep-fried, miso- mustard-stuffed lotus root sliced for snacking with sake. At home, I love it with alfredo.
Velvety and comforting, ricey with floral top notes, like its famous sibling "Sacred Power." In the Kumamoto style, Shared promise is a bit weightier, softly textured, full of life, but finishing on the dry side. Still, this is clearly a southern-style brew. It has a saison-like spice and malty hoppy quality. Something remotely beer-like about it and actually goes down really nice after a chisai biru starter.
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Specifications
Region: Kyushu
Type: Junmai
Rice: Yamadanishiki, Hananishiki (local)
Rice-Polishing Ratio: 65%
ABV: 15%
SMV: +4
Yeast: Kumamoto (strain of #9)
Size: 720ml
Shipping
Available nationwide to states and counties that permit alcohol. No sales tax (Oregon). Flat-rate case shipping; in-store pickup available.
Pick up in person
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