It is very light with an alcohol content of 12%. Yet, it still has a good umami flavor. The acidity is pleasant.
Fresh and juicy.
If you are not careful, you might finish the entire bottle.
The aroma is gorgeous with a hint of refreshing acidity.
The mouthfeel is cool and has a slightly sweet aroma that passes through the nose. It is mellow and dry. In a good sense, you do not feel any glucose. It is floral, yet has this sharpness. I personally like it very much if the wild taste of nama-zake is calmed down. There is a bitter taste peculiar to nama-shu. The sharpness of the aftertaste due to the bitter acidity is characteristic.
It matches well with the smell of seafood from fish sashimi.
Please try it.
I got the low-alcohol pink label for a drink outside and enjoyed it, so after some hesitation, I bought the red one, which I had never had before.
The aroma is sour, grapefruit, and rummy. It sounds modern when I write it down, but the aroma itself is a bit more classic.
When you drink it, it is chili on the tongue. There is a citrusy acidity, but also a hint of rice sweetness. The final taste is clean and refreshing.
The taste is somewhere between modern and classic.
As the day goes by, I think the sharpness becomes a little dull and bitterness comes out at the end. I think I prefer to drink it early!
I enjoyed it with various snacks.
Sake strength -4.5
Sake meter -7 Acidity 4.4
The acidity is quite high, but the moderate sweetness keeps it from being corner-cutting. Also, it does not have a citric acid-like tang, so it can be easily matched with mild-tasting Japanese food.
Zanko Hourai was purchased last week at Aji no Machidaya in Araiyakushi.
It was sweet, firm, slightly sour, and slightly fizzy.
It was delicious, happily fragrant with a fresh, sweet, citrusy, rummy aroma.
I paired it with Iburi Goko cream cheese, bacon, eggplant and avocado 😋.
When I opened the bottle, it was a bit of a sizzle, and when I drank it, I didn't feel the acidity as much as I thought I would, but it was good as a food wine.
It was good as a food wine and good value for money.
It is fizzy and has a nice texture on the tongue. It is refreshing, but at the same time has a robust flavor. I can see why it is so popular with women.