Purchased on 2025.04.30
I have a friend who got into sake last year, and we decided to go shopping for premium sake with him, but neither of us is only interested in that, and we both wanted to buy other sake as well, so we decided to introduce each other's sake recommendations. Here is one of them.
It has a gorgeous tropical aroma, as recommended by my friend who loves hana-yori. Surprisingly, it also has an alcoholic aroma, so it seems to be tasty and drinkable!
It has a freshness that may or may not come with a slight sizzle. It has a cider-like flavor, which may be due to the characteristics of the alcohol. It also has a pineapple cider-like flavor due to the capoechi-style ginjo aroma that everyone loves.
At first impression, it was a typical good pineapple type sake, but once I discovered the cider taste, the saké went on and on and on and on. Sake like this tends to peak at the beginning, but I was surprised at how the flavor increased!
So this was a Gassan brewery to begin with! I had avoided drinking sake since I drank a classic hi-iru sake when I first started drinking sake, but as expected from a famous brewery, it was delicious!
This has been a long time coming, too, Gassan Standard.
Yogurt-like glossy sourness.
Crisp texture.
Lighter than Tenjiu, but with a good rice flavor and spiciness.
It is lighter than Tenjohaku, but has a moderate rice flavor and a piquant spiciness.
It is sharp and crisp.
Unexpectedly, it goes well with white wine.
Deliciously spicy.
Taste 3.5/5
⭐️×3.5
It was a refreshing, aromatic and crisp sake. It is suitable for a mealtime drink. I liked it, but it didn't hit home with my wife, so I gave it a ⭐️-0.5.