Chiebijin Ura, Junmai Unagarami Nama Sake
Rated 4.4-4.3
Ingredients: rice, rice malt (Yamadanishiki, produced in Yamakamachi, Kitsuki City, Oita Prefecture), rice polishing ratio: 65% for koji rice, 70% for kake rice
Sweetness and aroma create a new marriage. The sweetness is mild. Slightly lactic acidic. Challenge sake, analysis value undisclosed.
Alcohol content 15
Ingredients Rice, Rice malted rice
Koji rice: 65% Yamadanishiki produced in Yamaka, Kitsuki City, Oita Prefecture
Kake rice: 70% Hinohikari produced in Oita Prefecture
I have been drinking sake from all over Japan, but this is the first time I have tasted sake from Oita. The label has a somewhat luxurious feel to it, but let's get to it!
The aroma is gorgeous, pear-like, fresh, and sweet. There is also a faint botanical aroma that lures you in like a honeybee. When the brewing water is smoothly sloshed in, the sweetness, which is not strong but not too thin, and the slightly lemon-like acidity gently mingle together. It is more like drinking a soft-tasting juice than like drinking sake. It finally disappeared leaving a slight sharpness. Oita Chibijin was very delicious! For those of you who are not yet accustomed to drinking sake, how about this? Thank you again for the sake tonight!