{"id":14638,"date":"2016-05-06T10:46:12","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T10:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=14638"},"modified":"2018-03-14T22:41:39","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T22:41:39","slug":"amazing-sake-tasting-with-uemo-gourmet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/sake\/amazing-sake-tasting-with-uemo-gourmet","title":{"rendered":"Amazing Sake tasting with Ueno Gourmet"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"OLYMPUS
\nHad an amazing Sake tasting yesterday with J\u00f6rg M\u00fcller of Ueno Gourmet<\/a>\u00a0(pictured above).<\/p>\n

\"J\u00f6rg<\/p>\n

We began with the Amabuki Gin No Kurenai Ros\u00e9, a Junmai that’s pale pink in colour, made using ancient black rice. It was really elegant and fruity with clean flavours, and the colour really makes an impression.<\/p>\n

\"turtle<\/p>\n

The Ikekame Turtle Red is a Junmai Daiginjo, produced with rare black koji. It has fruity flavours: wild strawberry, even some cherry. It’s delicious.<\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/p>\n

Yuki No Bosha Junmai Gingo is just beautifully balanced. Elegant and textural, this is serious stuff.<\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/p>\n

Katsuyama’Den’ is another serious Sake made with rice that has been 35% polished, and it’s a Junmai Daiginjo. This shows amazing concentration and balance, and with its complex flavours it’s almost perfect.<\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/p>\n

Katsuyama ‘Gen’ is a sweet Sake inspired by Ch\u00e2teau d’Yquem, and it is deliciously viscous, sweet and complex with lovely spicy depth, and an eternal finish.<\/p>\n

These are such interesting flavour experiences, and I think it requires a slightly different mindset to appreciate Sake rather than wine. But this different aesthetic – focusing on textures and flavours in the mouth, rather than being so concerned about smelling – can then usefully be applied back to wine.<\/p>\n

See also: visiting two excellent Sake producers in Japan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Had an amazing Sake tasting yesterday with J\u00f6rg M\u00fcller of Ueno Gourmet\u00a0(pictured above). We began with the Amabuki Gin No Kurenai Ros\u00e9, a Junmai that’s pale pink in colour, made…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[314],"tags":[425],"class_list":["post-14638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sake","tag-sake"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14638"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20169,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14638\/revisions\/20169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}