Okunomatsu Tokubetsu Junmai 20,80€ / 0,72 liters
What first struck me was its purity. It was like the minerality I so seek in my whites: rain water on rocks. The second thing that struck me was how delicate and elegant it was despite a whopping 15,5% abv. The alcohol didn't taste at all. There was a slight scent of banana mixed with the purity, but it was so slight I didn't mind it though usually I find such estery aromas off-putting.
Okunomatsu Junmai Ginjo 7,16€ / 0,18 liters
Like the Tokubetsu Junmai, this is a wine of great purity, but this was a darker toned Sake with, instead of banana, a scent of something more savoury: liquorice and grass. Slightly more sweet at 20g/l RS and more acidic, but still pure.
I really can't decide whether I prefer the ethereal purity of the Tokubetsu or the more earthy flavours of the Ginjo. Thank you Vinod for your inspiring posts!
I love a good rosé with Sushi, so I also opened up the second of the Schilchers I had. The Weingut Lazarus Schilcher Elegance 2007 ( label ) was again a lovely, earthy scented, deep rosé with bright cherry aromas reminding me of Rodenbach's Grand Cru. Lovely acidity as one can expect from 9g/l, but not as extreme as it sounds as it is tempered by 3,4g/l RS and a general ripeness of fruit. Lovely stuff.
