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Alcohol 15%, Rice polishing ratio 90%, Sake degree +4 to +7
Acidity 3.0-6.0, Amino acidity 2.8-3.5
My wife gave this to me on a business trip, saying, "If you drink organic wine, you should also drink this.
Looking at the specs, it seems to have quite a unique character! We compared the wines by drinking it warmed and chilled!
Cold
The aroma is sweet. I could smell the inside of a rice bag containing threshed rice. Slight hint of soy sauce.
On the palate, one senses a complex acidity, but the umami of the rice comes through later! The aftertaste is short and crisp.
This complex and intense acidity must be the reason for the 90% rice polishing ratio...!
Warming up
The aroma is milder and sweeter than in the cold sake. The aroma is milder and sweeter than cold, with a hint of sourness.
The taste is a combination of sourness and sweetness, which were clearly separated when cold. The sourness is more complex and stronger than when cold! And the sourness itself seems to be covered with sweetness!
When returned to room temperature, it approaches the flavor of cold.
As the label says, this complex sourness, which is like a "miscellaneous taste," enhances the original flavor of the rice...this is the kind of sake we are looking for.
I think those who are hooked on this sake will never be able to go back to modern, mild and refined sake again!
I am sure that sake in the past was like this!
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