It is said to be junmai nama-shu, but while it is youthful, it is also spiky. I expect the mouthfeel would be better if it were laid down a little longer.
Despite being junmai, it has a strong alcohol taste like an aruze. It is a strange sake that has a caramel-like matured aroma. The overall balance is well balanced, which is strange.
It has a strong flavor, so it would be good with hormone stew, meat dishes with pepper and spices, and very spicy food, or strong food with strong flavor.
Alcohol, caramel, cooked rice
Famous for its heated sake? It is a famous heated sake from Tanzawayama.
I went to Sakatoya in Mizonokuchi to buy a bottle of Ayahana's slightly heated sake, but they were selling Reiho by weight, which is only sold in 1 sho (1.5 liter) bottles.
First, I tasted it cold.
The first aroma was slightly sweet.
In the mouth, it has a beautiful sweetness with a hint of sourness.
The sweetness is moderate and refreshing.
Next, warmed sake.
The first aroma is the sweet aroma of heated sake 🤤.
The first aroma is the sweet aroma of warmed sake 🤤 The second aroma is a slight acidity with a beautiful sweet umami flavor.
The sweetness and umami are very good 😊.
I was impressed by how they could make such a beautiful Yamada-Nishiki sake, even though they originally tend to make more light and dry sake.
It was delicious ✨🍶.
Hi, Matsuchiyo-san. I love the idea of being able to buy Reiho from Mt. Tanzawa in quantity 😍I'm also very interested in Ayahana's micro-activated raw sake!
Today's second drink is from a long-established local brewery in Kanagawa
Light and dry
Relatively thin on the tongue, with a slight aroma of the yellow part of pudding.
It has a light sweetness, followed by a slight sourness.
The aftertaste is a little alcoholic.
Polishing ratio 70%, Sake degree +4, 13% alc.
The overall taste is light.
The aroma is surprisingly pudding-like!
However, it is not so sweet and the sourness comes quickly, so it is less pudding-like, but this is the first Junmai sake with a pudding-like, egg-like flavor, which is good.
The back view of the cat on the label is also a bit melancholy and cute.
Junmai Ginjo🍶 Nama Sake✨The Door into Summer🌻.
Cute cat label😍Open the door and you'll see sunflowers🌻.
The aroma, slightly pungent. A bit grassy when you drink it. A little grassy when you drink it. But the subtle saltiness, bitterness, cleanness, and spiciness are well balanced and nice. When paired with the pickled sea bream, it's refreshing ✨ and easy to drink without any resistance. But it might be a little less interesting 😅 If you pair it with marinated herring and dill, it's more interesting with more dill, but the sake might be less assertive. It might be a bit too much. Reset with fries.
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