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Itaru純米生酒
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This is the first time I've seen a bottle of Shibi's raw sake. The young clerk at the liquor store said, "I've never seen it before, but I heard it's been around since last year! He said. Sake is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, isn't it? The word "solstice" on the bottle is blue. When I cracked open the screw cap, a faint aroma leaked out. It was the usual "Itaru" feeling. I was a little worried about the raw sake, but I was relieved. The aroma was strong...but a little weak (strange way of putting it). When you drink it, the sweetness spreads softly in your mouth. And the aftertaste is a bit bitter. This is good. It would be an exaggeration to say that it would be a Jyushiyo without this bitterness. That's how much I like it. It's a nama-shu, but there is no sense of gas. If someone told me that this was a "fire-hardened" sake, I would have said, "Yes, of course. It's just that my tongue is not good. The impression was the same between the Hi-ire and the raw sake. I wonder if I could have understood the difference if I had compared them.
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