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NOSTALGIA, a joint project by Nishida Sake Brewery, Hato Masamune and Hachinohe Sake Brewing Co...
Honestly, I was bitten and caught by the project because of Tajima Sake... and I'm looking forward to it...
TASEI NOSTALGIA 720ml
Rice polishing ratio: 55%.
Alcohol content: 17%.
The aroma is gentle and not flashy, but the rice flavor, sweetness, acidity and calm quality of the sake are all deep and subtle... it's soothing and delicious... it's just what you would expect... it's the best balanced of the three...
I took the opportunity of the project to learn more about each brewery and listed them a bit...
Producer : Nishida Sake Brewery
[quoted/excerpted below, from aomori-sake.or.jp]
Michinoku Aomori, the northernmost port in Honshu, was the most prosperous port in the soto-ga-hama (the eastern coast of the Tsugaru peninsula) from the Kamakura period to the Warring States period...
Rice wine...Brewing alcohol, a product of Japan's non-paddy fields
With a determination to go back to the basics of sake and create a genuine sake with style, in 1970, the brewery began brewing pure rice wine completely by hand in the traditional way... It took three years to commercialize it, and it was not released until 1974. October 1, 2005...
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