flos_lingua_estIt feels like this season has arrived when the rush of nigori-shu begins. The muddy sake I drink every year is Senkou Yukidaruma, but this Hirotogawa Nigori has been my favorite for four years now.
Like Yukidaruma, I can't buy the first release at all lol.
Even the second release was completely sold out within 2 hours of its release. I had to buy a bottle myself, and the No. 4 bottle alone sells so quickly that I don't think it would be particularly problematic to triple the amount of bottles already produced.
Why is that? The overwhelming sense of perfection when mixed with the muddiness. It's like a fresh pear with just a hint of melon (or maybe it's my imagination).
The sweetness, umami, and acidity in the supernatant alone are well balanced, but when the nigari is mixed in, the richness increases, or rather, the umami and lactic acid impression characteristic of nigorizake is elegantly added and the sake becomes even more delicious.
Yes, the good thing about this year's Hirotogawa nigori is that it has elegance or calmness! However, since I bought it in a bottle, it doesn't have much schwarziness thanks to the degassing stopper, so maybe that's why I feel it's calm.
I drank it in 7-8 days and it did not deteriorate at all and tasted great. This is the most amazing point!
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