Sake-Pairing Hamachi - Kaviari Caviar & Amabuki Rhododendron

Recommended Sake-Pairing Amabuki Rhododendron

Salty and iodiney (dish) meets fruity freshness (sake). Both dish and sake take on another dimension when combined with each other. The fruity, intense Amabuki Rhododendron loses some of its dominance and is absorbed by the salty, fresh caviar. The hamachi pickled in ginger and kaffir lime, enhanced with spicy flavours, provides a soft mouthfeel with its fine creamy texture – for a moment you can concentrate entirely on it. The fruity-floral sake contrasts interestingly with the smoked dashi vinaigrette, neither dominating the other, the connecting element being the slightly mushroom-like umami in both. The cucumber rolls provide bite and thus haptic tension, with a strong aroma at the same time. Soaking in dashi and soy sauce allows them to keep pace with the sake, while the light acidity of the rice vinegar captures the sake's lactic character.

天吹 Amabuki Rhododendron

Fine aroma from noble flowers. Mild umami and tender acidity. Brewed with yeast from the blossoms of rhododendron following the traditional kimoto method.

View this product