Hakutsuru Tenku Awane 12%

・Olfactory : white peach, apple-cinnamon, muscatel, water chestnut, bitter almond
・Gustatory : elegant sweetness and umami, fine acidity
・Trigeminal : trains of fine, delicate bubbles, refined sparkle, silky texture. Awane derived from the elegant sound produced by the bubbles

 

・Steamed chawan-mushi dashi custard with wild salmon roe & matsutake pine mushrooms
・Chimney-baked scallops, chestnuts, black beans and young prairie shoots (sorrel-burnet-dandelion)
・Tempura of wild vegetables

 

East of Mikagego, Nada is a district of the city of Kobe, located along the coast between Port Island, Rokkō Island and Nishinomiya.
Underground spring water from the Rokkō mountains in the Kansai region, filtered through rock and loaded with minerals (phosphorus, calcium and potassium) essential for quality fermentation.
In winter, the cold Rokkō Oroshi wind descends from the Rokkō mountains towards Osaka Bay and the Seto Inland Sea, from where, during the Edo period, tarukaisen sailboats loaded with sake sailed to Japan's major ports.

 

・Fukuro-zuri : natural drip flow method, without pressure
・Hakutsurunishiki rice variety created in 2003 and produced, since 2015, by the Kura's own cultivation farm in Tanba Sasayama, a mountainous region surrounded by steep massifs