Together with last week

Asahigiku junmai-koshu 9BY 1997

Pale straw in colour, the nose is full and warm with a suggestion of peach.

At room temperature the flavor is full and smooth leaving a slightly piquant after taste. When warmed, the aroma becomes less full and the flavor less complex and cleaner.
For 14 year old sake this one is truly amazing.


BY(Brewer's year which runs from July to June) is given in the year of the emperor's reign.
9BY means sake made Heisei 9. This is the 9th year of the reign of the current emperor and that was 1997 in the western calendar.

Koikawa junmai-ginjo Kameji-koujitsu Usunigori 20BY


This is a  slightly cloudy sake.
The aroma has a warm smokey sweetness with a hint  of citrus. At room temperature the flavour is light and well balanced leaving  a lingering after taste suggestive of molasses.
When warmed the aroma is less complex and the flavour is simpler and cleaner.
I find this sake much easier to drink warmed.
The rice from which this sake is made will not grow if the environment is treated with any chemical or unnatural substances. It is really an organic sake although the label does not state this.  
　

Ke-no -sakana "Jako & Radicchio salad"


Slice the radicchio into thin strip. Put the Jako (tiny whitebait) in a small bowl, sprinkle with olive oil and heat on 'instant cook' in the microwave for 1 min. The Jako becomes crispy.
Mix with the radicchio. Dress to your own taste and enjoy. 
I like it best with olive oil, lemon, salt and pepper.