I bought this wine because it was delicious when I drank it at a certain sushi restaurant in Kobe.
When I opened the bottle, it had a fresh flowery aroma.
I first drank it cold. It is light and dry with a focus on the rice flavor.
Although it is labeled as "super" dry, it is not so dry that it kills your brain cells. If I were to compare it to curry(?), it would be the sweet-and-sour, sour-sweet sake that I usually drink. If you compare it to curry (?), the sweet and sour sake you usually drink is the "Prince of Curry" and this is equivalent to "Java Curry Medium Spicy".
On the second day, I warmed it up. It was delicious with a distinctly rice-like flavor, but not so good that I had to warm it up.
We drink about 360 days a year without a care in the world, and we get bored if we drink only sweet and sour sake every day. I think it's good to have a different kind of sake in between every once in a while to reset the mood.
Degree of liking 8/10
Hi, Shirowama 😃.
The reason we got into sake was because we fell in love with the taste of hikakami we had at a sushi restaurant 😌🐟 goes well with hikakami 🤗.
Nice analogy with curry 🍛👍I've never had "Prince of Curry" 😅.
Good morning, Jay & Nobby!
So Hidakami was the entrance to the swamp. Drinking it by itself is something different. I guess it has to be accompanied by sushi (but we don't have sushi here).
By the way, my entrance to the swamp was Naruto sea bream.
Sorry for the series of posts: 🙇♀️
HIKKOMI Super spicy!
Yes, it's spicy!
It's totally different from the Hidakami Yasuke I drank before 🤔.
But it's perfect for sipping on while having snacks 👍
Hikami Junmai Daiginjo Yasuke in a gourd bottle.
We got a bottle of Yazuke on New Year's Eve last year.
The unique gourd-shaped bottle is a sight to behold, but the main ingredient is a special grade A Yamada-Nishiki from the Matsuzawa district of the former Tojo Town in Hyogo Prefecture, polished to 35% and brewed to perfection!
The name Yasuke comes from a sushi alias derived from Yoshitsune Senbonzakura, and it advocates a food sake that best matches sushi, so it is served with sushi.
The sound of the tok-tok-tok when pouring it into the sake cup is also very attractive.
The mellow, banana-like aroma of the top of the bottle invites you to take a sip, and the sake is surprisingly clean and clear. It has the deep yet elegant sweetness of special grade A Yamada-Nishiki, plenty of juicy umami, and a clean and beautiful finish.
It is an enchantingly well-balanced bottle!
When people think of dry, they think of Hitakami. When people think of Hidakami, they think of dry. Its clarity and crispness are outstanding. It is such a complete food sake that if a dish does not go well with Hidakami, the problem lies in the dish itself.
It is wonderful that it is so refreshing, easy to drink, and yet does not leave you feeling deprived.