Today we had a bottle of Oni Yamama Red Label Oni Yamama Nakazakari direct-filtered unfiltered draft sake from Niigata Daiichi Shuzo, Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture.
It is a dry sake, but we had more than usual with shabu-shabu as a side dish with the raw sake.
Alcohol content: 18%.
Rice polishing ratio: 70%.
Rice: 5 Mangoku, Koshiibuki
I was a little hesitant because of the high alcohol content, but I ordered it.
It is quite dry. It has a tangy and pungent taste, followed immediately by a bitter taste.
Even so, it is a very refreshing sake, as is typical of Niigata sake.
It is a sake that is both modern and classical. It may be tough for beginners.
Oni Yamama is the premium sake of Yamama. Among the three varieties of red, blue, and yellow, this yellow one is the rarest. From its tough appearance and 17 degrees, one would expect it to be quite dry, but it is surprisingly fruity. However, it was surprisingly fruity and had no sweetness at all. In that sense, it is dry. A perverse new category of fruity dry.
Oni Yamama blue label
Special Honjozo Unfiltered Nama Sake
(Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture/Niigata Daiichi Shuzo)
Naoetsu, Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture @Kasahara, Uozuri
Although it was described as dry, the sake is clean with a hint of sweetness.
The label had a strong impact and I couldn't help but pick it up.
Alcohol content: 17%.
Rice polishing ratio: 70%.
Rice used: Gohyakumangoku, Koshibuki
Yeast used: Association No. 6 yeast
Sake degree: +12
Price: 3,200 yen
