Type
Hara Shuzo · Niigata
Koshi no Homare "Kiki" Junmai Kijoshu
$73.00
No sales tax — Oregon
Rice
Takanenishiki (Niigata)
Prefecture
Niigata
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: a bit of fleshy sweetness. Fruit notes taste more round and juicy, chocolate notes have more heft. Typical sweetness for modern styles. Some people will read "3" 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.
SoftAcidicAcidic: bright, zippy, noticeable sourness, very often balanced by higher sweetness. Acidity is a key part of this sake's character, and might be heightened with special techniques, yeasts, koji, or CO2 gas.
SubtleAromaticModerate aroma: noticeable from the glass. Most often, moderate intensity aromas are either ginjo-ka (fruit, florals) or koshu-ka (nuts, mushroom, brown sugar).
Pairs with
Tasting like a crisp apple cider fresh off the press, Koshinohomare is brightly acidic-- 2.3!-- while remaining fairly dry. If it seems a touch sweet, that’s in large part due to the body and flavor of the Hazukiminori rice. I caught this sake doing an Oregon Chardonnay impression with chicken and barley soup, becoming soft and rounded w/ orchard fruit; with Chinese oyster sauce broccolini it was leaner, crisp and refreshing. But I enjoyed it most heated to 140 degrees, stirring constantly, in a pyrex coffee carafe (or ceramic). Hot apple-grapefruit cider...mmm
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Specifications
Shipping
Ships to most states, not Alaska, Hawaii or Utah. No sales tax (Oregon). Free Ground shipping at 12 bottles. Pickup at our Portland shop is free.
Pick up in person
Shop open Tu–Sun. Order online and pick up at the shop — 107 SE Washington St. #121, Portland, Oregon.
