ひるぺこ
This time we have another one, a special junmai from Gokujo Yoshinogawa.
This sake is from Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture.
I wandered over to Umeda Hankyu and found Yoshinogawa on tap,
Niigata is known for its "Gohyakumangoku" (five hundred million stone)! I'm taking it home with me to study up on Niigata sake, which I haven't had much of.
I drink it cold.
It has a crystal, slightly green and yellow appearance.
The nose is fresh, with grapefruit, banana, blue melon, and cypress nuances.
The mouthfeel is smooth. The taste is sweet and delicious with a slight banana flavor, with a gentle acidity, a mild bitterness and a lingering astringent aftertaste like the aftertaste of bananas.
The taste is light and dry with a sense of rice that is typical of Niigata.
It won the gold medal in the national heated sake contest, so we tried it heated.
Wow! Light and refreshing taste from the aroma of freshly cooked rice. Lightly heated sake!
The fact that it's so light but still has a lot of body is probably due to the riceiness at its core.
I mistakenly thought this sake was made with Yamada-Nishiki and made using the raw yeast method.
My sake tasting ability has not improved at all😭.
Putting all that aside.
Let's enjoy it with watermelon chips I found at Donki!
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ポンちゃん
Hi Peco 🐦.
I tasted the same one at Takashimaya, but it was only ricey because I drank the one with the terrible 🍌 feeling before this one 🤣I wanted to drink it again after reading this👍.
You're really good at finding 🍉chips ❣️ 😆
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ひるぺこ
Good evening, Pon-chan. I completely missed Yoshinogawa at Takashimaya😱that's why Niigata sake is my weak point🙄Donki is a treasure house of Ate🎁I stop by and look at the Ate section😁.
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