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One of a set of 3 bottles to support home drinking by Masaruya Sake Shop. It is Akitsu Yamadanishiki from Nichinichi.
This sake is brewed by the famous Hinode Matsumoto. I was lucky because Nichinichi is a brand I have been wanting to try.
I heard that he had trained as a samurai at breweries that even I know, such as Shinmasa, Senkou, and Sancho's Hana-no-Kou Sake Brewery, before setting up Hibi Brewery, and I have been interested in sake since I started drinking it in earnest.
There was no sensation of gassing when the bottle was opened, but when I poured it into a glass, fine bubbles appeared. The aroma was a hearty, fresh, fruity ginjo aroma. It tasted very beautiful when I drank it. As the clean and simple image on the label suggests, there is nothing flashy about it. It has a rich umami, moist sweetness with a hint of sourness, but it is not juicy and elegant. There is an assertive bitterness that escapes through the nose. The slight woody flavor, which may be intentional, is accented by the woodiness and adds a core to the flavor. The aftertaste is not sharp, but rather fades away with the bitterness, leaving a lingering aftertaste.
In general, it gives the impression of a well-proportioned and neatly balanced flavor.
I do not have the taste buds or experience to detect the difference in taste of Yamada-Nishiki from the special A district, but I felt that I could sense something very special about this sake.
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