For the first time in a long time, a super tasty sparkling dry Junmai sake.
An elderly male clerk at the Tobu Department Store B1 in Ikebukuro Station told me about it.
I'm sure I'll be a repeat customer. I appreciate the reasonable price.
Brewed in 2024, production date in August 2025
Sake degree +7, Acidity 1.6, Domestic rice, Amino acidity 1.5
Rice polishing ratio 65
Toji: Yuji Hatanaka
The sweetness is strong in the mouth and the aroma is not strong, but when it leaves the mouth, the sweetness is softly released and remains on the tongue!
Yamaoka Shuzo
Zuikan Junmai Ginjo Shin Senbon Namazume
This brewery is located in Miyoshi City, Hiroshima Prefecture.
The rice is polished to 60% "Shin Senbon" grown in Hiroshima Prefecture.
Gentle and clean aroma, elegant flavor of rice
The balance between the elegant aroma, the delicious flavor of the rice, and the clean acidity is well balanced, with a refreshing, rounded finish.
and a refreshing, rounded finish.
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I drank it at a sake exhibition in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Sake rice: Kame-no-o
Sake degree: +8
Acidity: 1.5
Yeast: Hiroshima Reiwa No. 1
Amino acidity: 1.3
The only brewery in Hiroshima that makes sake from Kame-no-o
It is a sake that can be enjoyed on its own with its clean taste, elegant aroma, and light yet delicious flavor of rice.
For the record. Sake purchased on a trip to Hiroshima ❸.
It was a delicious sake with an easy-to-drink dry taste that you could drink as much as you wanted.
Kokusai Sake Fair 2025(*)
The children's illustrations are so cute!
The delicate flavor is bold and robust.
It looks light, but it's a solid sake that you want to keep drinking!
Are there many good sakes in Hiroshima?
I enjoyed drinking a variety of sakes that I didn't know existed, and many of them had both individuality and goodness!
A bottle bought at the brewery
Please drink it well chilled.
Not because it says so, but because the sake temperature is 9 degrees Celsius.
The aroma is not strong but fresh like young grass.
There is a slight nutty aroma on the palate.
The mouthfeel is light, with a citrus-like acidity that spreads but is not strong.
The lingering acidity lingers for quite a while, which is also good.
Mr. Yamaoka's main taste is sake that has been aged for a long time.
How about a low-alcohol sake (❗️), so I bought it!
Well, this one is good, too!
I bought 300 bottles to save money, but I should have bought a four-pack!
I finished it in no time!
The last one is Zuikan from Miyoshi.
This is a light and dry sake that goes down smoothly.
We had a lot of delicious food from Hiroshima, such as raw oysters, kone, and senji meat!
It was the best 😆.
The last Zuikan is in the process of aging.
but it's brewed in 2023, so it's been sitting for 2 years.
Sake temperature is about 10 degrees Celsius.
The aroma is not strong.
Maybe a hint of milkiness. It's a bit milky.
The mouthfeel is refreshing.
But it is not as rounded as the 5 year old, and this one has more sharpness.
Anyway, it is easy to drink, and since it has no sourness or old sake-like aroma, it can be paired with many different kinds of food.
Of course, it is also delicious on its own.