The 5th Shinmae Festival, the 5th Kanno Thanksgiving Mie Shinshu Festival (3)
I couldn't take a proper picture of this event in the crowded area because of the people standing in line behind me.
◉Yamagata Masamune Junmai Ginjo Aizan
I drank this one because it caught my eye, but it was more acidic than I expected and had a sour astringent aftertaste, not quite the Aizan I imagined.
I would have liked to drink Isshaku Suisei, too...
Maybe it's because it was stored in ice for a long time in the store ⁈The apricot aroma in the sweet and mellow type is soft 😌 The taste is a little subdued, but the acidity and fruity bitterness on the back palate makes it taste like Greffle 😚 I would love to taste a fresh one next time!
I said ❗️ because of the train, but he said you can have a few bottles of No.4 ❓ and he's ready to sell them 😂.
The 3rd and 4th one, I found the best hot water on the 2nd floor of a pachinko parlor ♨️ and it kept me warm till the night!
Hi Kotori 😃
I was wondering where you are 😳I went to a sake event in Saitama, but there is an interesting sake shop nearby 😁I'll try to visit next time ❗️
Hello, Hiro-san 🐥 I was on a business trip.
I was on a business trip... and decided to go for a gold crane, which is hard to find in Tochigi 🤭 It's a bit far from the station, I think. You might want to take a cab or rent a bike 😄The quality of the spring water in the Showa-era super public bath was also quite good. ♨️
Good evening, Kotori-san 🌇I thought you had gone to Saitama to play pachinko 🤣When you play pachinko and lose, you can forget about it by going to a hot spring...great 🤣.
Hi Manachie 🐥.
I didn't play pachinko because I have no sense of pachinko, but I wouldn't go all the way to Saitama to play pachinko 😂I was able to cross the 🚲 river to Kiyose to visit the sake store with the help of an assistant on my first shared bike!
Masamune Hunter 😍comes in!
I'll open a second bottle 🤣🍶✨✨
Mouthfeel
Throatfeel 👄👄✨✨Taste
Aroma/Taste
Not too much at all 🤔
easy to drink easy to drink
Elusive🤔
Great, what a strange feeling 😅🍶🍶.
Found a new species of Masamune.
It's hard to tell from the picture, but it has a very yellowish tinge.
It has a wonderful aftertaste.
A one-of-a-kind sake.
Yamagata Masamune Aki-agari Junmai Ginjo
Rating 4.4
Rice : Dewa Sanzu, Rice Polishing Ratio : 60%, Alcohol Content : 16
The taste is a bit mellow after a long sleep. The taste is full of rice flavor and elegant fruitiness. It has a freshness with strawberry and lychee flavors. The lingering aftertaste is sharp, as is typical of the famous "Yamagata Masamune". It can be served cold for a crisp taste, at room temperature for a mellow taste, or warmed up for a warmer taste.
It is said to be Yamagata Masamune's first low-alcohol sake, and while I was worried that it might lose some of the Yamagata Masamune character with its 13% alcohol content, I bought it with high hopes that the simple sticker label would look stylish and delicious on the contrary!
It is very smooth, light, fresh, and clear, so it is perfect for the intense heat...a refreshing summer breeze. If I had known, I would have drunk it earlier in the day, so I feel like I'm wasting my money.
On the third day, the Yamagata Masamune character comes out and the flavor is a bit more banana-like or a bit more robust. I like it this way because it has a good balance between drinkability and drinkability! Mmmm...very tasty! To be honest, I felt the taste was thin until the second day, but on the third day, the taste is clear, so I am relieved that my worries about what would happen if it was like this until the end were unfounded.
Overall, the taste is soft and gentle. There is not much stimulation in the mouth, but it is full of clarity and freshness, or a kind of freshness. I felt that this sake fulfilled my selfish desire to drink it lightly, but not to have no taste. ...I know I'm repeating myself, but I really wanted to drink it in the summer heat. ！！！！！ LOL!
In my mind, it is the image of a royal sake 🍶.
Good balance of exquisiteness without spiciness.
With its elegant aroma, refreshing mouthfeel and sharp aftertaste, it is a sake that can be paired with any dish.
Serve with ginkgo cakes
Rice harvesting is a delight 🌾.
This year's rice harvest was affected by the weather,
It didn't go as smoothly as we would have liked.
But we made it, and here's a toast to that day ✨.
Easy to drink even on a tired day,
Slightly effervescent, full of flavor and delicious 😋.
I got the Natsuno Junmai again this year, which I loved after drinking it last year, and when I found out they released a different tank, I rushed out to buy it. LOL!
While the early summer version is made with yeast No. 14, this one has not only an alcohol-like aroma of melon and banana from the No. 6 series, but also some fresh light fruit nuances.
The combination of No. 6 yeast and the sake rice, Yuki Megami, is said to produce lychee-like fruit nuances. This may be what I felt in the standing aroma.
From the moment you take a sip, the fruity, floral, mineral-rich, and solid flavor blooms at once. The slow but steady disappearance from there is just like fireworks going off in the night sky in summer.
Hopefully, the fireworks would be expressed as if they were shooting up with a whiz, but I was very satisfied with the deliciousness of Yamagata Masamune as always.
By the way, compared to Tank 1, this one is a little lighter and has a cleaner aroma and taste. Both are very tasty and impressive!
