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Extra (Taste) 2023/11
Tsuchida Shin Tsuchida
Junmai-shu 2021BY
Nama yeast, yellow malted rice for shochu, no yeast added
Gunma rice 90% 16° 23/10
Kawaba-mura, Gunma Tsuchida Shuzo
1800 3560
We prepared this bottle for the warming season because we were told that it is recommended to be kept at room temperature.
We were told that it could be left at room temperature even after opening the bottle, so we tasted it first.
The acidity was more pronounced when it was warmed up than at room temperature.
It is a unique bottle that I look forward to tasting after it is left to warm up.
A side note: When you can taste the new sake, it's the season for heated sake.
I love fresh new sake, but I wish there would be more summer-aged sake that can be enjoyed from the beginning of fall onward, not just new sake.
In the past, there used to be a number of summer-aged nama-zake called hiyaoroshi, but nowadays sake shops are not afraid to say, "We don't have any nama-zake for hiyaoroshi.
I don't know when they decided to do this, but I wish they would not be so concerned about freshly made sake, but rather serve it when it is at its peak of flavor.
It would be a waste to have sake that is quickly consumed before it has had time to mature.
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