susan
Limited edition model for Kanadaya, a liquor store in Urasa
Cold sake first
Quietness with inner potential
Drink. Thickening. Rural winter garage. Dark new classic sake. It is quite robust, but it settles down. Discreet pear flavor in the back. Feels like a recognition of what it has been and what it will be.
Next, 35 degrees Celsius.
Clear. Vanishing watery snow around.
Drink. The thickening is silky. Niigata classic with bitterness and mellowness. A flat sake to be enjoyed in the evening, neither impressed nor discouraged.
Next, 45°C
Fruity like a bath.
Bitter taste is more solid compared to 35℃. Strong fullness at the base of the tongue. I could recognize myself as I am.
55°C at the end.
Sake-ness erupts at once. Unleashed!
Drink. Thick and full-bodied, as in wine. It is this richness. Dark, strong, and mellow. This is a sake for connoisseurs. If you choose this sake as your last drink, you may fall down. But now it is a rare and precious sake!
I like to drink it when I want to feel the robustness of the sake. Fruity, acidic, low-alcohol, and so on. This is a classic, slightly sweet sake that has nothing to do with those things.
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