Hatsumago Junmai Kimoto [1 Koku - 50]

The halfway bottle on our journey through one koku worth of isshobin. Hatsumago ("The First Grandchild") Junmai Kimoto by Yamagata Prefecture's Tohoku Meijo. Miyama Nishiki milled to 60%, SMV +3, acidity 1.4, amino acidity 1.6, 15.3% abv. Nose is very light, rice husk and cotton candy. Soft and light and sweet entry, milky rice flavor, bit short, clean, good late acidity, best chilled, alcohol peeks out a bit at room temp, but in a sweet vodka-alcohol sort of way without the burn. It's amazing how consistently clean these kimoto can be, whereas yamahai is all over the shop.