おさまとい
I visited the sake tasting corner at the Kawagoe City Industrial Tourism Center Kurari during GW and bought as souvenirs some brands that I liked after comparing them. I compared about 8 brands of sake from breweries in Saitama Prefecture, but my first impression was a little different from any other sake.
[Junmai Glass]
Aroma: Very gentle. Mild aroma with no sharpness of alcohol or intentional fostering of aroma. It has a slightly sweet natural aroma, like the scent of a damp forest in the early morning when wet fallen leaves are layered on top of each other, softly fragrant in the sunlight.
Taste: "Gentle" is the perfect word to describe its mouthfeel. The mouthfeel is round and easy to drink. It is not sharp but soft on the tongue, with a slight sweetness of rice on top of a light, watery taste. There is absolutely no sourness or alcohol-specific twang.
Compatibility: When drunk on its own, it tastes like water and has little flavor, but when paired with food, it has more umami and a sense of alcohol. When paired with sushi, the sake is easy to drink without much of an assertion of taste. With pickled horseradish, the taste of the horseradish overpowered the taste of the sushi. If you drink it with something with a strong flavor, it may kill the sake's goodness.
It does not have the typical sake habit or strength, but there is nothing strange about its aroma or taste, so it is easy to drink even if you are not used to drinking sake.
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