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Sato Sake-ten PB. Please drink it properly chilled.
The brewery is Goto Sake Brewery, the brewer of Benten. I have the impression that Benten is a modern Yamagata sake, but what do you think?
It is quite fragrant. It smells like ripe apples, but it is also a little honey-like.
When you drink it, it tastes quite sour. The acidity, bitterness, and sweetness balance each other out as they enter the mouth, with the sweetness changing to umami, and then the bitterness changing to spiciness to finish it off.
It has a very well-balanced taste. The taste is calm and relaxed, a quality that can only be achieved with modern ginjos that are hi-iru. The sweetness does not dominate and there is a surprising amount of umami.
It is said that this brand has not been produced in 20 years, so there is a possibility that we may not be able to drink it again, but we would definitely like to try Benten and Jagara Mogara.
On the third day, the sweetness is weaker and the bitterness is stronger. Hmmm...
The sake is supposed to be consumed in the proper amount, about one cup a day, and I wonder if the industry as a whole should be allowed to sell sake that clearly deteriorates after only one or two days of opening the bottle. I feel like writing about it if it continues like this.
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