(2) at standing drinking chuin-san for a long time.
The second and last sake of the early season was a Dharma Masamune blend from the "Year of the Snake" and "Year of the Noon" lineup on the shelf of room temperature sake, which I missed out on this year.
It is served cold.
The appearance is slightly dark amber, wild cherry and gold.
The aroma is calm and beautifully matured.
The aroma is of mushrooms and laurel, with sour cream and fermented butter acidity, and a moderate sense of aromatic woodiness.
Smooth mouthfeel.
The sweetness is moderate and the acidity spreads beautifully.
The mushroominess from the mid-palate finally gives it a matured sake feel, but it is a very clear, crisp, easy-drinking matured sake.
Warm it up.
I was too engrossed in talking with the owner, Mr. Kawada, to concentrate on the tasting, but I got the impression that there was not much difference between chilled and warmed sake.
If I had to say so, I would say that the heated version has a cleaner and easier-to-drink aroma and less peculiar flavor.
I said that it might be because the brewer blends according to the image of each zodiac sign, which might be an entrance strategy for aged sake.
It's been a while since we had a good sake talk!
Thank you for the food 🍶.
Good evening, Aladdin 😃.
I bought the Noon blend and keep it in a cool dark place, but it's aged in a drinkable way 😍I learned a lot from your expression analogy ✨I'm looking forward to drinking it 🥰.
Hi Aladdin, good evening. It's the annual zodiac label😊This year's label is less dharma, more just horse 🤣I'm getting it of course, so feel and taste the thoroughbred 🐎✨.
Good morning, ichiro18 😃.
I'm thankful for the sake at room temperature 🙆 during this new sake rush when it's hard to find space 😁.
I think it is the easiest to drink among the zodiac blends ever, so please enjoy 🐎🍶😊.
Good morning, Hirupeko 😃.
I've given up drinking at home this year because the supply far exceeds the consumption 🥲.
It is a sake I would like to enjoy in various ways of heating up 🍶.
Good evening, Aladdin 🦉.
It's amazing that you can make this every year! I'm also amazed at how nicely it's put together since I have this image of the zodiac signs 😆 I have this image of old time liquors being tough 😳.
Good morning, Pon 😃.
We have some sake from 1978 in the bottle 😳
Mr. Hisashi Shiraki, the toji and blender, blends it every year with the image of the Chinese zodiac ☺️ this year it seems to be nicely put together with R8 Junmai Koshu 🍶😊.
5 to 10 years of ageing wine
Liquid color is very yellow
Aroma is peculiar, like Shaoxing wine
No schwarziness
Aroma of alcohol and mild taste
The aroma is not in the same lineage as the chestnut aroma, but the alcohol is strong and the mouth is filled with a mild but not fresh (too much vocabulary) and peculiar aroma spreads.
The aftertaste is also mildly peculiar.
First time drinking old wine
Vinegar-like aroma, like dried fish, thin Shaoxing wine, sweet mirin with no added sugar, strong taste, honestly difficult to drink, takes some getting used to.
at Nihon Shu-tsubaki
Beautiful amber colored sake.
I usually tend to avoid this kind of aged sake type
I tend to avoid them,
but it went very well with the sesame oil flavored nira-tama!
The fact that it was lukewarm was also good.
It is sweet, rich, peculiar and amber! I had it heated and paired it with chocolate salami (3rd image on the right) and it was an adult sweet treat!
Sake is fun 🥰.
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