Sake from a local sake store's hanpukai.
The umami flavor flows through a mixture of acidity and a sense of maturity.
When warmed up, you can feel the alcohol on the nose along with the acidity.
The umami flavor lingers on the palate as a lingering aftertaste.
After work, a friend invited me out for a drink, so I went to Katamachi, downtown Fukui, for a New Year's drink.
We went to a sushi restaurant that my friend frequents 🚶.
The owner of the sushi restaurant opened a bottle of this New Year's sake for us to enjoy 🍶.
Ippongi Junmai Daiginjo Ippongi Monogatari.
The aroma of sweet melon filled the area when the bottle was opened, and when I checked the aroma up close, it was mellow and deep melon-like aroma.
This is "Ippongi" top quality limited edition sake with a leather label depicting this year's zodiac sign 😁.
It's not like the dry sake I usually drink hot 😲.
It's been about 6 years since I had a chance to drink it. Hare sake is really delicious 😋.
I also had a bottle of "Ippongi Hatsushibori" from the same brewery that had been aged for 2 months!
The aroma is full and rich with rice, the mouthfeel is rich and umami with a mild aftertaste, and the alcohol has a strong impact at the end.
The taste was not as fresh and gaseous as it had been after 2 months of aging, but it had a more subdued flavor.
Hi Gyve, good evening.
It's fun to have a drink with a sudden invitation 🎵.
And a sushi restaurant is definitely a good place to drink sake. ⤴️
And from your review of the sake, it looks delicious 🤤.
Hi ma-ki-!
I can do it because my family is back home 😅.
The downtown area of Fukui is a little far from the station, and although the area in front of the station was crowded with people going back home, the downtown area was quieter and I could relax 😁.