flos_lingua_est
The aroma is like pineapple and apple. The reason why the aroma is not unpleasant despite its fragrance is because it is wonderfully elegant. You can feel the solid structure that is typical of Tenranzan, and the ginjo aroma makes it a very elegant sake.
This is the third year I have bought this sake, and it is really delicious. If it were available year-round, people would probably come to buy it, but they don't, do they? I like this one, which I can almost certainly buy at the brewery in the fall, even if it is not Igarashi, which is a sake only available at special dealers.
I have a feeling that Igarashi has evolved after the Corona disaster, but thinking about it, I haven't had Igarashi recently, so I think I'll buy some next time. I wonder if it is much the same as Tenranzan...?
By the way, I recently discovered that I like apple-type sake, which I thought I didn't like. Actually, I guess it is not apples that I don't like, but pineapples.
Also, I have a concern that I may not be good at melons either. My tongue is getting stupid these days, and I can't really tell which flavors are similar to which fruits.
At any rate, as for the melon, there was a package that looked like a Niida Zenshuu melon, so I will buy it next season to check it out.
Japanese>English