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I've been wanting to drink Sawanoi once in a while, but I haven't been able to get my hands on it, so I bought it this time for the first time in a while. This time, I bought it for the first time in a long time!
The aroma is like a less acidic version of Shinmasa, and you can tell that it's made from wood.
I drank it with a meal without thinking about it, but it tastes so good!
I thought it might be sweet for a moment, but it soon merged with umami, and the umami, astringency, and bitterness were all well felt. If you think the umami and astringency are long, you can taste the bitterness at the end for quite a long time. I can feel melon somewhere.
It is a quiet and calm food wine. It is completely classical. However, there is a slight aroma of wooden vats, which gives it a Shinsei feel, and there is a firm acidity that is typical of the sake brewing process, which gives it a sense of newness and modernity.
It was an interesting sake that could be said to be Sawanoi-like in a good way and unlike Sawanoi in a good way, as it was easy to drink and not too harsh for its 17% alcohol content!
On the fourth day, the melon flavor was stronger...! It is also very tasty! It went well with the Yamanashi's specialty, chicken stew!
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