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This is a sweet sake from Yamakami that has been laid up for almost a year. I think I bought it at the brewery when I went to Takayama because I like to travel to Gifu, but my memory is a little hazy... lol
I tasted this sake at the brewery almost 10 years ago, and it was the sake that got me hooked on sake. I drank it a few years ago, and I wonder how my impression of it has changed since then.
It is made with flower yeast and has a gorgeous aroma. You could say it has a floral aroma, or you could say it has an aroma unique to ethyl caproate.
It is sweet and easy to drink as a stand-alone. I used to love this kind of sake and drank a lot of similar ones (lol)! Of all the sake I've had recently, Jyushiyo is the closest to the image I have of it. In that sense, it is a very popular sake, isn't it?
My personal preference these days is for isoamyl acetate, so it's not exactly right in the middle of my tastes, but it's the sake that got me hooked on sake, so I have a strong emotional attachment to it.
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