こるね
＜Fruity, less sweet, delicious melon.
This sake is made by putting real fruit juice in a sake tank and fermenting it together with the unrefined sake. Because it contains a secondary ingredient, it is classified as "other brewed sake," which is outside the definition of sake.
The aroma is already clearly melon. It is extremely fruity. But strangely, it doesn't seem so sweet.
When you put it in your mouth, you can taste the fruity, acidic sweetness of melon. But it is still very fruity, but not too sweet. It is like the not-too-sweet part near the skin of the melon. Then, in the latter half, the umami flavor comes in.
It is strange to find such a melon with such a delicious taste. The aftertaste is also a strange melon with such a strange umami. The aroma is also filled with melon and umami.
It was a strange sake. If melon juice was added, it could have been sweeter.
If I were to use a Ghibli analogy, it would be Lettie from "Howl's Moving Castle". She is the sister of the main character Sophie. She is a gorgeous beauty and the signature girl of the cafe. But I feel she is not as sweet as she looks.
Satisfaction level: ★★★☆☆☆
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