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It's been quite a while since I've laughed at Shiki. It's been four years since I last had a taste, and two years since I actually had a drink. The first time I drank it was to compare a black and white hi-iru sake. It was so long ago that even Sake-no-Wawa was not in business at the time, so my memory is vague, but I had the impression that it was a well-balanced sake with a thin line and a hi-iru sake-like feel, and that it was a good food sake. It's been at least 5 years since I last had a white sake...maybe even close to 10 years...lol!
The aroma is surprisingly banana. When you drink it, it is a well-balanced sake with apple aroma and grape-like astringency.
I had heard that it was sweet, so I was prepared to think that it was a sake for beginners, but it was surprisingly crisp, with a low volume, and seemed like it was for intermediate drinkers.
It is sweet and acidic and juicy, but it is overwhelmingly clear...or perhaps it is the layers of flavor from the aroma and orikara that give it its thickness, despite its transparent quality.
It was a wonderful sake that anyone could enjoy.
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