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Introducing sake brands with the strongest impression of "Chocolate" flavor, ranked by the strength of the impression.# 21
2.71 pt.
Mie Pref. Matsusaka City. Shinra Sake Brewery Co.
Yumemado Tokubetsu Junmai Sake, undiluted.
Purchased at a sake shop in Tsu City Station, where the brewer himself took us on the way back from the Mie Sake Event.
It is a rare sake with a very small production.
We will drink it cold.
When I looked closely, I noticed something floating around in the bottle, probably the lees of amino acid clumps.
The color is clear and dark golden, like amber.
The top aroma is mushrooms, humus, and a slight roasted, aged aroma derived from malted rice.
On the palate, the aroma on the nose is complex, with an axial strength that is typical of the original sake and a sense of nostalgic old, withered sake, with a mild acidity that would have been sharp without the sweetness, and a slight astringency and a slight umami taste.
After swallowing, there is a skittish spiciness, and the sense of maturity is gone, which is a strange sensation.
When I heated it up, it went from amino acid sweetness and mellow umami to a sharp dry aftertaste.
This is a sake for connoisseurs. I learned a lot from it.
Ingredients: Rice (domestic), Rice Koji (domestic)
Polishing ratio: 60
Alcohol content: 17
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The 5th Shinmame Festival, the 5th Kanno Thanksgiving Mie Shinshu Matsuri (10)
I was a little excited to see the brewer of Shinra Sake Brewery, who was a part of the Mie Sake Enjoyment Group event, but he did not show up this time, which was a shame.
◉Yumemado Tokubetsu Junmai Sake Genshu
This sake is produced in extremely small quantities. It has a thick nutty flavor. It has a chocolate and caramel taste, which is also quite unique. The richness has a classical feel to it. I think I can understand why the brewer made old, matured sake.
I bought it at the Mie Sake Festival, and it's sitting in the fridge, but I might leave it alone for a while.
Japanese>English
1948 2025/10
Yumemado Tokubetsu Junmai Nama-nazake
60% 17° 25/8 A+
Matsuzaka City, Mie
720 1776
This sake is a pure sake that has been aged for a long time.
The aroma is mild on the palate, and the flavor is somewhat nostalgic, but with a robust taste and a bit of character behind it.
It was my first time drinking this sake, but I got the impression that it was a simple but very tasty sake I used to drink in the past.
When heated up, the flavor became more mellow and different from that of cold sake.
While everyone is trying to be modern and end up with the same old thing, this is a sake that is safe to drink and tastes like the old-fashioned way,
I am thankful for the old-fashioned sake that I can drink with peace of mind.
Although the type of sake is a little different, I felt happy to have found a new sake in the same Mie region as Miyamasugi, which I can no longer drink.
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# 22
2.69 pt.
# 23
2.68 pt.
# 24
2.67 pt.
# 25
2.62 pt.
# 26
2.61 pt.
# 27
2.59 pt.
# 28
2.59 pt.
# 29
2.59 pt.
# 30
2.59 pt.
