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Sake Rankings for Nagano, Apr, 2024
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4.41 pt.
It is also delicious. I like Yamae Nishiki.
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⭐︎
The end of my business trip to Ueda was Shinshu Kamerei🐢.
No wonder 😏.
Today we had Junmai Unfiltered Nama-Ginjo and Junmai-Ginjo.
The taste is elegant, sweet and fruity, and then moves to bitter and full-bodied.
It is still delicious.
Beer -> Kamerei (junmai unfiltered nama sake) -> Mutual -> Kamerei (jungin) -> I forgot...
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I love it 🐢.
Our stock, the last one 🥺.
Yamae Nishiki is gorgeously fruity and delicious!
When you pour it into a glass, it has the crisp gassy feeling of a fresh sake 🫧.
It's sweet and sour ✨.
I hope I can buy it again!
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# 2
4.04 pt.
Delicious 😋
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This is 300ml bottle of Masumi.
This is Suzumizake, cool sake for summer time.
As I trid this, I felt refreshing taste like Natsuzake.
Aroma is very rich and tastes fruity, but it doesn't annoyingly last because of No.7 yeast, I guess.
It's very good with Japanese dishes and seafood like sashimi.
Finally opened a bottle of this souvenir from the Suwa Gokura pilgrimage.
The ginjo aroma is not so strong, and for a 15% alcohol content, it feels strong. However, it is also elegant.
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# 3
4.04 pt.
The name comes from Yeast No. 1 & No. 2 which was discovered 100 years ago. Among the seven Obuse Winery sake being tasted on the night, this version comes with the fullest body. Frankly, after 4 similar sakes, I feel it may be a bit too heavy for me. May not be fair, but thats what I feel. It is also more on the sourness and umami side instead of fruity sweetness.
Trois used another ancient yeast - Number 3. Comparing with Numero Six, it is much leas fruity. It is overall quite light body and incline to the lactic acid side - cream, yogurt. Slight umami, well balanced.
Using the oldest yeast Number 1. Comparing to Numero Six, Numero Un has a weaker smell, though the features are very similar, melon & banana on the sweet side and slight lactic acid - more like yogurt. On palate it gives you same stuffs, with clear umami spot towards the end, a little bit of cheese I think. Not a very full body one but clearly shows the difference.
# 4
4.03 pt.
🥂
First time in a long time in Daishinshu! Very delicious 🤤.
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The pride of Nagano Prefecture, "Hanasora from Oshinshu".
After the juicy and elegant pear-like aroma spreads, the flavor quickly turns sharp, with a hint of bitterness and a medium aftertaste. It is a wonderful sake that truly deserves the name "Japanese rice wine.
The label design is gorgeous and stylish!
［Collaboration with painter Chihiro Koshi.]
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The sparkling Daishinshu 😋 has a nice nigori taste and is truly a Japanese Champagne 🍾 It was gone in no time. The bubbles are amazing, so be careful opening it: ⚠️
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# 5
4.01 pt.
My favorite cicada 😍.
We finally opened the bottle again this year: ❗️
This is the sake that made me fall in love with Turtle Sea: ❗️
Fresh and fruity aroma😊.
Strong acidity like white wine❗️
It tastes sweet and sour 👌.
I can drink it like a juice.
I drink it in small doses because my wife gets mad at me😅.
I plan to buy another bottle this year ‼️
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Reunion drinking with old friends at an izakaya in Ueda
The store owner's choice was Turtle Sea Semishigure!
If you look closely, you can see a cicada shell on the edge of the label.
Refreshing and juicy!
A little dine
The image of a blue melon
Light and smooth
Talking over horse sashimi and yakitori (grilled chicken)
Well, we're both going through a lot, but we're thankful to be drinking together again!
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Gorgeous fragrance
The aroma alone raises expectations.
The sweetness spreads.
It is delicious.
The gentle sweetness is overlapped with bitterness.
And there is also a slight carbonation stimulation.
It's the type of beer that you drink too much of!
Above all, the label is gorgeous: ❤️
Kame no Umi Haruura
Junmai Ginjo Unfiltered Nama
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# 6
4.01 pt.
Fresh aroma like peach 🍑.
Smooth, sweet and umami spreading 🎵.
Bitter and pungent taste comes at the end and finishes clean and crisp ✨.
Overall fruity taste 😄
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Purchased at a souvenir shop at Matsumoto station.
I bought it with high expectations because it was labeled as a sweet sake with a sake degree of -20 degrees.
When I actually tried it, it was quite dry. It has a strong acidity and a strong peculiarity.
Among muddy sake, the drinkability may be suitable for professionals.
It was a sake that still had a high hurdle for me.
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Soft to drink
Gentle sweetness
Almost banana-like
The taste is round and delicious!
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# 7
4.01 pt.
Low alcohol
Refreshing and fruity
Light, like a juice, with a schwirling effect: ⤴︎
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Memorandum 4.3
My first Beau Michelle!
I couldn't find it even when I went to Nagano, so I found it on a recent trip to Fukushima, bought it, and kept it in the refrigerator.
The alcohol level is low but it's delicious.
It's like a white wine!
I have to drink it soon because my wife is going to drink it all if she finds out lol.
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Beau Michelle cotton candy
The aroma is unique to the origami.
The taste is very sweet and sour! It's a combination of apple-like fresh sweetness and honey-like sweetness, too delicious 😍😍😍😍.
The slight effervescence makes it like drinking carbonated juice 🍹.
Too easy to drink...must buy more! I'll have to buy more 😁😁😁😁
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# 8
4.01 pt.
# 9
4.01 pt.
Miyamanishiki. It may be a little out of my taste.
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Today's Kuroemon XVI and Kinmon Nishiki have high expectations 😋.
I like Kinmon-nishiki because of its rich sweetness, but this one is surprisingly acidic and crisp 😋.
It's so good, I have no complaints!
Nagano brewery x Kinmonniki = the best 😃!
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My favorite drink... ♪
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# 10
4.01 pt.
Rice polishing ratio 59% Miyamanishiki from Nagano
Alcohol 15%.
Sake degree +2.0
Acidity 1.7
Amino acidity 0.9
One time fire-quenching
This sake has a refreshing umami flavor and a crisp dry taste, suitable for summer sake.
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Taisetsukei Brewery is located in Azumino, Shinshu. It is a very alpine sake brewery that takes its name from the Hakuba Daisetsuekei mountain range and advocates "mountain sake.
This product bears the name of Mt. It has an apple-like ginjo aroma, a characteristic of the Alpine yeast born in Nagano. It is sweet, fruity, and easy to drink, but because it is a pure sake, you will find yourself getting drunk before you know it, making it a bit of a dangerous drink.
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Sweet and light on the palate
Alcoholic and sharp
Well balanced and easy to drink!
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