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The second bottle of Oumine is Harukaze Kasumi Nama Sake Aizan.
This bottle has a special appearance with its lees dancing in the air. The Dairei bottle is a printed bottle, so you can clearly see the lees dancing.
The taste is similar to the fire-aged Aizan we had previously, with a deep sweetness. At the same time, there is a bitterness that is slowly felt on the tongue. It has a characteristic freshness that is not often felt in other sakes, making it a strange sake that is easy to drink despite its strong flavor.
I was drinking it while trying to figure out what this refreshing sensation, which is different from the gaseous or alcoholic sensations and whose origin is unknown, was, but after about the third glass, I came to the conclusion that it was the taste of the brewing water. I had never felt the mineral taste that I often hear about, but maybe this is the mineral taste. The flavor has a clear outline rather than a gentle feeling. So the bitterness and alcohol taste comes through without being buried. I feel that this is the true nature of this refreshing sensation.
Sake that makes the most of the characteristics of water. It gives the impression of a complete sake, in which the individuality of the water and the flavor obtained through brewing have been assembled like a puzzle with no gaps. I get the impression of active sake brewing, where the sake is not "made" because of this water, but rather "made" because of this water.
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