Masaaki Sapporo
6.5 points (5.5 points)
Rice：Niigata rice
Rice polishing ratio: 55
Alcohol content: 17.5
Sake degree: +2
Acidity: 1.4
Purchased at Bic Camera Sapporo Store (Chuo-ku, Sapporo)
Silent when opened
No gas feeling
Rice malt and a slight banana-like top note
The same aroma as the top rise, with a chestnut-like aroma, the firm umami and sweetness of rice spreads with mild acidity, and the spiciness and slight bitterness of the alcohol makes the taste crisp and clean.
It has a rather robust, slightly classical, mellow, dry taste that goes well with meals and can also be savored on its own.
It resembles Funaguchi's Ichiban Shibori Aged Ginjo-Nama Nama-shu (the red one), so perhaps this is its base?
It went well with a Japanese dish of baked sweet potato (Silk Sweet) and blue cheese (Hanabatake Farm's Blue Camembert), a recipe from Abe-chan in Fukaya, Sake-no-wa, and a macaroni salad with octopus head.
It also went well with low-temperature-cooked steak (Kumamoto's red beef from Furusato).
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