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I couldn't wait to open the bottle after buying several bottles of a densely packed sake on a trip to the San-in region. It has an amber or slightly yellow color, and the aroma of takuan (pickled radish), iburigakko (pickled ginger), and nukazuke (pickled radish), combined with a sense of maturity.
It has almost no sweetness, and when cold, it has a strong mix of sourness, umami, bitterness, and astringency, but when heated, it mellows out and is delicious. As the reputation goes, this is the kind of sake that "comes to life when it is heated up.
Sake in this direction is also enjoyable.
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