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Shinshu Kamerei/Kasai City Yamadanishiki/Junmai Ginjo/Unfiltered Nama-shu
4.5
This is the first purchase in the same Nagano sake shop expedition. Shinshu Kamerei is the first sake to be compared with three other famous brands. The comparison of three brands at the same time is a happy place.
Needless to say, Shinshu Kamerei is the best of the three.
Among the three brands we compared, Shinshu Kamerei has the most amazing rice flavor. The Hyogo Yamada-Nishiki is a masterpiece. Kasai City is slightly far from Yoshikawa and Tojo, but it is a "special A district neighborhood".
There is nothing tricky about it, and as the label says, it has a great "mellow umami. You can rather feel the umami of rice at room temperature.
Since most sake these days is biased toward acidity and gassiness, this kind of lean sake should be appreciated more and more. It can increase the number of sake fans. However, there will be few people who can purchase it because there are many ardent fans (laughs).
Shinshu Kamerei's label is not tricky, which is one of the reasons why I love it. To the brand's strength of "frugality" that does not conform to the trends of the times.
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