Is it close to the flavor of sparkling flower incense?
Personal preference
70/100
[Sweetness/Sweetness]
Sweet☆☆☆☆☆⭐️☆☆☆☆☆Dry
Appearance.
[hue].
Slightly cloudy
Aroma
Medium
Ginjo aroma
Ingredient aroma
Aged aroma
Other
[Examples]
Mainly mild ginjo aroma
Taste
[Attack]
Slightly short
[Texture]
Light and smooth
Late sharp
Fine texture of foam
[Taste]
Sweetness △ Light
Acidity x Fresh
Bitter △ Light and crisp
Umami (flavor) x light and refreshing
[Complexity]
Medium
[flavor] Somewhat weak
Same as Kamitachiko
[Lingering scent]
Slightly short
Slight bitterness continues in the latter half.
≪Distinctive elements
≪Attention!
[Classification by flavor characteristics]
Sake with fragrance △
Sake with freshness △
Mellow sake
Mature sake
Wife's birthday. We open a good sake.
Sake obtained at the Sanso Sake Brewery Opening. It is a limited edition sake. It was very expensive.
The aroma is a little lactic acid bacteria type. The mouthfeel is clean and mild. It has a beautiful sweet taste with a bit of sourness. The aftertaste is beautifully clean. It was a wonderful sake.
Good evening, Gula 🤗.
Happy Birthday to your wife, Gula 🎉㊗️. It's great to be able to enjoy a luxurious drink together on your wife's birthday! 🥰.
I wish you a wonderful year for your wife, Gra: ☺️☺️☺️
Good evening, Mr. Gula!
Happy Birthday to you, Wife Gula 🎉!
I would love to drink the flower fragrance 😲.
It looks quintessentially delicious 😋.
Wishing you both many more wonderful days 😁✨!
Heppoko-san Thank you for your comment😊It was really luxurious drinking 🍶I'm happy to drink alcohol alternatively, but I have a high Engel's coefficient... lol
Thank you for your comment, ma-ki-San😊Hana-no-Kou, it is only available in Kumamoto and has become much rarer. Sansho is delicious, but Hana no Kou is also delicious 🍶.
Thank you for your comment, Maru-san 😊Yes, I opened a bottle! It was the kind of sake that I would never drink unless there was something special about it. I hope you will be able to drink Hana-no-Kou sometime (please come to Kyushu!)
Happy birthday to your wife, Mr. Gura 🎉🎂🎂!
I'm so happy to hear that it's a limited edition sake, and at such a great price 😻I can imagine how happy she must be 😊.
The most impressive sake I've ever had at a Sangdo Shinbanquet
The rebranded Umehana.
I was told it was only available locally
Procured from a liquor store in Kumamoto
Personal preference
75/100
[Sweetness/Saltyness]
Sweet ☆☆☆☆⭐️☆☆☆☆☆☆Dry
Appearance.
[hue].
Slightly cloudy
Aroma
Slightly short
Ginjo Aroma △ Slightly faint scent of plum
Aroma of raw materials x
Aged aroma x
Other x
[Examples]
Mainly mild ginjo aroma
Taste
[Attack]
Slightly short
[Texture]
Light and smooth
[Taste]
Sweetness △Smooth and refreshing
Acidity -Refreshing
Bitter x Very light
Umami x elegant
[Complexity]
xslightly simple
[xHinted aroma]
Slightly weak
Same as Kamitachiko
[Lingering]
Slightly short
Length of first half flavor and second half bitterness
≪ Characteristic Elements.
≪Notes.
[Classification by flavor characteristics]
Sake with fragrance △
Sour sake △
Mellow sake
Mature sake
This is one of the best sparkling wine I have ever had.
It is one of the best sparkling wine I have ever had.
My personal favorite.
75/100
[Sweet and spicy]
Sweet ☆☆☆☆⭐️☆☆☆☆☆☆Dry
Appearance.
[hue].
Cloudy white
Aroma
Slightly short
Ginjo Aroma △ Young melon
Ingredient aroma: dumplings
Aged aroma
Other
[Examples]
Mainly mild ginjo aroma
Taste
[Attack]
Medium
[Texture]
Smooth
Tight
Fine lather
[Taste]
Sweetness - Clean
Acidity - Fresh
Bitter x Very light
Umami x light
[Complexity]
Somewhat simple
[Inclusion]
Slightly weak
Same as Uetachiko
[Lingering]
Medium
≪Characteristic Elements
≪Notes.
[Classification by flavor characteristics]
Sake with fragrance △
Sake with a fresh taste (△)
Mellow sake
Mature sake
Sake on display that was available at the brewery.
The aroma was not as strong as expected, but the sweetness and sake aroma came later, making it a very tasty sake.
The first one has a very strong, refreshing taste with no cloying flavor.
It is very tasty and impressive.
Thank you very much.
Junmai Sake is a challenging sake to enter in a sake competition
Completely different taste from its origin
Dry, with a bitterness that quickly dissipates in the second half.
Personal preference
65/100
[Sweetness/Sweetness]
Sweet☆☆☆☆☆⭐️☆☆☆☆☆Dry
Appearance.
[Color].
Almost colorless and transparent
Aroma》 《Fragrance》 《Medium
Medium
Ginjo aroma ○ Young melon
Ingredient Aroma △ Koshinko, Wasanbon
Aged aroma
Other
[Examples]
Mainly gentle and beautiful ginjo aroma
Taste
[Attack]
Medium
[Texture]
Fine-grained
smooth
sharp
[Taste]
Sweetness x Smooth
Sourness x Slight
Bitter △ Somewhat sharp
Umami x Light
[Complexity]
Slightly simple
[Aroma]
Medium
Same as Kamitachiko
[Lingering]
Slightly short
Bitterness remains slightly in the latter half.
≪Characteristic elements
≪Points to be noted
[Classification by flavor characteristics]
Sake with fragrance △
Sake with freshness △
Mellow sake
Mature sake
Local and Limited Flower Scent
Taste different from the land of origin
Personal preference
70/100
[Sweetness/Sweetness]
Sweet ☆☆☆☆⭐️☆☆☆☆☆☆Dry
Appearance.
[Color].
Almost colorless and transparent
Aroma》 《Fragrance》 《Medium
Medium
Ginjo aroma ○ Young melon
Ingredient aroma: △ Wasanbon
Aged aroma
Other
[Examples]
Mainly mild ginjo aroma
Taste
[Attack]
Medium
[Texture]
Light and smooth.
Tightened quickly in the latter half.
[Taste]
Sweetness △ Clean
Sourness x Refreshing
Bitterness - Light and gentle
Umami (elegant)
[Complexity]
Medium
[Aroma]
Medium
Same as Kamitachiko
[Lingering]
Medium
The lingering bitterness is short.
≪[Distinctive elements
≪Notes.
[Classification by flavor characteristics]
Sake with a strong aroma ○
Sake with freshness
Mellow sake
Mature sake
Flower Fragrance
Chrysanthemum Flower
The color is clear and the aroma is slightly subdued.
In the mouth, it has a banana-like aroma with a dry feel and a delicious slight bitterness.
After all, it is very enjoyable to see a different side of the locality.
The last bottle I got from the Sangdo Shrine party.
It is a collaboration with Fukuoka sake brewery Shiraito Shuzo.
Tanaka Rokugo is well known, but the Shiraito brand is also a collaboration with a good sake brewery, so I had him buy it immediately 🍶.
It has a sweet aroma and when you put it in your mouth, it tastes a little tangy on your tongue and then the sweet rice flavor comes in!
The aftertaste is impressive with some sourness and sweetness coming together, and it was easy to drink and went down very quickly.
I recently went to a Hana-no-Kou sake brewery opening called Sanso Shinen Banquet. I bought this limited edition sake at the event.
It is delicious. The aroma is not so strong, and the taste is refreshing and gorgeous. It has a perfect balance of umami and ginjo flavor.
Hana no Kaori Junmai Ginjo Kikka.
While soaking in the afterglow of the Sanchoshinbetsu, we opened a bottle of Hana-no-Kou's Kikka, which was a farewell gift from a colleague from Kumamoto!
It is a cross between Yamadanishiki from Wasui-cho and Kumamoto No. 9 yeast, and you can sense the commitment to the Kumamoto region.
It has a sweet nose with melon and strawberry nuances, and on the palate, you can feel the sweetness of the rice and fruity overtones, while the sharp and crisp acidity gives a strong impression. This is probably the result of the sake's traditional sake making process.
The taste is different from that of Umehana and Sakurahana as well as Sanchi, and it is a bottle that further shows the depth of Hana-no-Kagura Shuzo's nostalgia.
