さんちゃんHara Shuzo/Koshinohomare 90YELLOW Junmai Unfiltered Nama-shu
Rice used: Hazuki Minori (produced in Kashiwazaki City and Kariwa Village, Niigata Prefecture)
Polishing ratio: 90
Purchased at the Hara Sake Brewery's new sake festival.
The 90 (Kyumaru) series is made with 90% polished rice to take advantage of the local Kashiwazaki rice.
Hazukiminori is rice rice, not sake rice, but it has a fresh fruitiness like grapefruit or pineapple with a sweet acidity and a piquant gasiness.
It has a gorgeous flavor that can be enjoyed on its own, but the aftertaste is rather refreshing, so it is good as a mealtime sake without being boring.
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