いーじー
Purchased at a liquor store.
Abe, a much talked about Niigata sake often seen on SNS.
It is not often seen in stores, but I happened to find it. It was my first visit to the store and they were selling some rare sake. There were Senzuke from Hyogo, Garakudai and Kanetsuru from Niigata, Nakanori from Nagano, Tokachi from Hokkaido, Hakuryu from Fukui, Hiran from Nagasaki, Daichi and Ayahana from Fukuoka. These are all sakes that are hard to find outside of Fukuoka Prefecture...
Cold sake.
Aroma I have never smelled before. It smelled like earth(?). I had never smelled such an aroma before. My first impression was that it was very powerful.
In the mouth, it has a unique acidity, yet it has a weighty taste. The taste is not sweet and dry, but it is not light with a slightly gaseous taste. The aftertaste is rather short or normal.
Other evaluators said it was more acidic than the Abe series. It was a taste of sake that I have never had before.
I would definitely like to pair it with summer dishes. Next time I want to buy the standard Abe sake.
From sake beginners to advanced drinkers. Beginners should try Abe once to break the stereotype of sake.
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