Toyo no Ume Rakuo
豊の梅 楽鴬Toyonome — Takagi Shuzo, Kochi
Those who speak of Tosa sake should first taste this one. It carries on the history of Toyonome, the brand nurtured by third-generation Takagi Kyukichi (高木久吉).
Specifications
- Type
- Futsushu
- Rice
- Not disclosed
- Rice polishing ratio
- 70%
- Yeast
- Not disclosed
- Alcohol
- 15%
- Sake meter value
- +6
- Acidity
- 1.3
Flavor profile So-shu
So-shu — clean and light
The description calls it clean, light and dry, and the specs agree: SMV +6, 70% polishing and 15% alcohol point to restrained aroma, a light body and low sweetness. This places it in the so (爽酒) quadrant.
Estimated by AI from the published specifications and the brewery's description; your impression may differ.
About
Crisp, Tanrei (light and clean) and dry, this is a sake of Tosa. It is poured into a vermilion large cup at the main event of the Dorome Matsuri (Dorome Festival), the Oozakazuki Nomihoshi Taikai (large-cup drain-off competition), where sake lovers from around the world gather. It pairs well with local dishes such as sawachi ryori (platter cuisine), dorome, and katsuo no tataki (seared bonito). It is an igossou-zake (a sake shaped by Tosa's drinking culture and the temperament of its people), and it reflects customs such as hashiken (chopstick-and-fist game), kahai (drinking cup-by-cup), kenpai (offering a cup), and henpai (returning a cup).
Other sake from this brand 12
- Toyo no Ume Daiginjo Genshu Shizuku-zake豊の梅 大吟醸原酒 しずく酒
- Toyo no Ume Shiboritate Junmai Nama Genshu豊の梅 しぼりたて 純米生原酒
- Toyo no Ume Origarami Junmai Nama豊の梅 おりがらみ純米 生
- Toyo no Ume Junmai Ginjo Gin no Yume Shikomi豊の梅 純米吟醸 吟の夢仕込
- Toyo no Ume Junmai Ginjo豊の梅 純米吟醸
- Toyo no Ume Daiginjo Genshu豊の梅 大吟醸原酒
- Toyo no Ume Honjozo豊の梅 本醸造
- Toyo no Ume Dry Junmai sake豊の梅 辛口純米酒
- Toyo no Ume Daiginjo Genshu Yairo豊の梅 大吟醸原酒 やいろ
- Toyonome Tosa no Natsu Jungin豊能梅 土佐の夏純吟
- Toyo no Ume Daiginjo Genshu Uguisu Kotobuki豊の梅 大吟醸原酒 鴬寿
- Toyo no Ume Ginjo Ginou豊の梅 吟醸酒 吟鴬