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Introducing sake brands with the strongest impression of "Shaoxing Wine" flavor, ranked by the strength of the impression.
# 31
3.05 pt.
Kiyotsuru
Kiyotsuru Shuzo
Osaka
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Fresh
Chocolate
Shaoxing Wine
Candy
Striking
The rice used is Gohyakumangoku and Nihonbare. If I had to describe it in one word, I would say it's "Omnivorous Japanese Sake Partridge". It has an old-fashioned flavor and an aged feeling like a hiyaoroshi. Spicy and sweet in equal measure, with a long finish. It's a sake that should be served warm. By the way, it's "Hiyaoroshi", but it's shipped all year round.
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I learned of the existence of this sake through non non's post. It was a little difficult to go there because you can only buy it at the direct sales place which is open only on weekdays.... It was a nice homey sake brewery 😊. It was limited to 100 bottles and they were the last 3 bottles. It's shwashy, sweet and sour. It may be a daiginjo, but it doesn't taste like yamahai and is easy to drink.
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Jwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasty Junmai😋💕Lever Sashi ❤️ I'll definitely come back when I visit Takatsuki or soon ❤️
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# 32
3.05 pt.
Hanahato
榎酒造
Hiroshima
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Fizzy
Shaoxing Wine
Acidity
Sweetness
Creamy
Melon-flavored
Invigorating
Umami
This is the Ageha no Mai Junmai Sake Gin no Sato. It is a sweet and delicious sake with a mild fruity aroma and a refreshing taste.
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The smell is slightly alcoholic, with a hint of grapes when stirred. Taste is thick and juicy on the tongue, and the fruitiness quickly fades from the rice flavor, leaving a bitter aftertaste. The bitterness lingers for a long time. It is as if it is expressing the feeling of drinking the wine with the sound of "chiri-chiri-chiri-kuchi-kuchi-soon. There is no gassy feeling. Delicious with yatsuhashi.
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Next was a Hiroshima sake called HANAHATO. It is a junmai ginjo made from 100% Senbon-Nishiki. The label is a rabbit, the Chinese zodiac sign for the New Year. Actually, this and the next brand were given to me by another business partner. We met next to each other at a meeting, drank together at the dinner table, talked about sake, and had a great time. We are also regular customers of Gin no Sake Kibune, and we receive items purchased from there every time we visit. m(_ _)m The taste is soft and sweet. The taste is soft sweetness with a hint of umami on top. It is a beautiful tasting food sake. Everyone drank it with smiling faces. It was delicious! (^O^)
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虎ノ門升本
Amazon
華鳩
貴醸酒オーク樽貯蔵
¥3,450
# 33
3.03 pt.
Kidoizumi
Kidoizumi Shuzo
Chiba
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Shaoxing Wine
Creamy
Hot Temperature
Umami
Yogurt
Rounded
Wine
It's not a scent... it's more of a... distinctive smell... and I can definitely tell it's fermented... lactic acid bacteria? Strong acidity! It's a very unique wine, so I think it's a very special drink. I think the flavor is a little more mellow on the second day after opening. It was well preserved, but... but does it really taste like this? That scent? It smells like fresh laundry... like an old wooden tub... and I don't like it... I don't...
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This was also purchased at Oka Sake Shoten, the same place as Unjaku. The aroma is mild but unique. The aroma is mild but unique, and it has a light aged feeling, probably because it has been shipped for a long time. If you drink it cold, it has some peculiarities, but overall it is flat. The umami acidity has a strong impact. It would be good to warm it up as well. According to the staff at the store, they won't be making PURE PINK this year. When heated, the sweet and savory flavor really shines through. I definitely recommend it over cold sake.
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The rice used is Omachi from Okayama Prefecture. It has a dark mouthfeel and a bit of maturity, but as the days go by, it becomes more rounded and changes to a level where even those who are not good at it can go. However, even though it has become more rounded and easier to drink, the sweetness and strength of the Omachi can still be clearly seen, so there will be different tastes. For me, it's a very interesting sake! The first day I opened the bottle, I thought it might be too peculiar to pair with a meal. However, from the second day onwards, while maintaining its richness, it gradually becomes lighter and lighter, and is not bad as a food sake. If you roll it around in your mouth, it is a nicely aged sake, but if you drink it with gusto, you can drink it without worrying too much. Still, I want to enjoy the aged feeling of this kind of sake, so drinking it a little bit every day is good for me.
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美好屋酒店
Rakuten
木戸泉
アフス・フライ 2021 木桶仕込み 純米
500ml
【日本酒/千葉県/木戸泉酒造】【冷蔵推奨】
¥2,750
木戸泉
Afruge Ma Cherie 2019
500ml
日本酒
千葉県
木戸泉酒造
¥3,300
# 34
3.02 pt.
Oimatsu
老松酒造
Hyogo
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兵庫は伊丹市のお酒です。 淡麗ですっきりしています。飲みやすいお酒でした。 ネットで検索してみました。 江戸時代に「老松」は、最も格式が高く将軍の御膳酒として有名だったそうです。 伊丹酒の歴史も興味深いです!
Today we are in Itami City! We had a paid tasting at the Old Pine Sake Brewery. I asked for two glasses and was surprised at the amount of sake. The paper cup was filled to the brim. It was amazing! 150 ml per cup. It was clearly written at the entrance... I decided to drink it slowly (sweat). It has a strong umami flavor. This is what sake is supposed to be like. It also has a nice lingering aftertaste. We enjoyed it with a cool breeze!
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レアウマイ
# 35
3.01 pt.
Kenbishi
Kenbishi Shuzo
Hyogo
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Caramelly
Shaoxing Wine
Umami
Traditional
Room Temperature
Steady
Creamy
Lactic acidity, ripe aroma. Sweet mature feeling in the mouth, marron, unrefined sugar, caramel, mellow to cohesive, pleasant alcohol after going to the back of the tongue. Does the bitterness come? Does the alcohol taste come? And it ends up without either of them asserting themselves. I wonder if the advanced Kembishi is even more impressive. The bottle looks shining after drinking. The flavor spreads out very well when it is warmed. The umami stimulates the tongue and the bitterness is mellow. Delicious. tongue-tied
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Rich, umami taste. Slightly golden color. When served cold, it has a mellow flavor as if you were eating rice. When heated, it has a soft and soft flavor. Sake that can be drunk without snacks. I like this sake.
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Very smoky! Barrel!
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# 36
3.01 pt.
Kurumazaka
Yoshimurahideo Shoten
Wakayama
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Umami
Shaoxing Wine
Room Temperature
Firm
Neat
Dry
Crisp
Not much aroma...old-fashioned mellow umami-kuchi...it's a food sake 🍶 like the local Mukho Masamune or Teisho🌲...it's a sake that is only possible with snacks 🍶...the bitter aftertaste may bother you a little? I think the bitterness of the aftertaste is a little bit bothersome...classical...this is good...I think the hurdle is too high...I'm having it with fried Mexicali...little by little...with snacks...
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I wish you the best of luck with this one. 🍶🍶🍶🍶 This is my second time at Kurumizaka. This time I bought Jun Dai. I noticed after I bought it that it was manufactured in 2017.3 and shipped in 2020.9. ????? The first day I opened the bottle, I thought it had an unusual taste. The flavor and acidity are amplified. On the second day, the flavor and acidity are amplified and it seems to change with temperature. It's so good! 😋
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Forgotten things of summer. Kishu Tamakae, Yamahai Kurumazaka. Is the complex acidity in the Noto Toji style? The lingering taste is refreshing and perfect for summer.
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酒浪漫うちやま 楽天市場店
Rakuten
車坂
【純米酒】山廃〔生原酒】
1800ml
¥3,080
# 37
3.00 pt.
Taxi Driver
Kikuzakari Shuzo
Iwate
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Shaoxing Wine
Umami
Glue-like
Piercing
Creamy
Vigorous
Firm
Tonight, our first series of impactful jackets here 💁. It's Taxi Driver🚕🚕🚕🚕. It was shipped from the brewery in April this year, but what a H30BY (R0BY) and it's a 5 year aged sake 😆. The aroma of old sake, which also smells like Shaoxing wine, is in full swing from the moment the bottle is opened 🤣. It was served cold, but it is easy to drink because of its acidity. It would be good to drink it warmed up in the fall. ☺️ I wonder if it would go well with Chinese food since it has a Shaoxing sake-like flavor, and I'm going to research how to drink it based on other sakewa reviewers 💪. But it's a very intoxicating drink so I'll stop after one cup 😓.
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First drink. Weak fruity feeling that I didn't imagine from the label that has impact. But it is also full. There is a miscellaneous taste (my personal feeling) like the Yamahai brewing style with low rice polishing, but it is a moderate level, so I feel it is unique. It has just the right amount of sweetness to satisfy my preference for sweetness. I enjoyed it with a plate of delicious sashimi (´ω).
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#Akasaka-mitsuke# I entered the second restaurant. This is a restaurant that was not there a few months ago. I wanted to try a drink from here at least once. Let's have it 😚. Slightly spicy? It has a little bit of a tune. I see 🤔 it tastes like this.
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酒専門店 知多繁 楽天市場店
Rakuten
タクシードライバー
純米生原酒
1.8L
【岩手県北上市 喜久盛酒造】
¥3,352
# 38
2.96 pt.
Suien
EH酒造
Nagano
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4 consecutive days of local drinking I don't remember much about it, but it was good❗
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4 consecutive days of local drinking I don't remember much about it, but it was good❗
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Drunken Garden in Azumino, Shinshu. I was curious to buy it because it is 59% Hitogokochi, a Nagano Prefecture sake. As the label says, it is a refreshing sake with a delicious flavor. It is not at the top level of popular Nagano sake, but it has a glimpse of Nagano's sake character.
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# 39
2.94 pt.
Ittoryodan
Sakaroku Shuzo
Ehime
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Dry
At Shikoku x Shukoku Records only
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Izakaya a short walk west of Fukuma Station Sake from Shikoku seems unusual and I end up ordering it I drink it cold. Clear and colorless It has a full flavor in the mouth. The flavor spreads slowly. Slightly woody nuance when served with sashimi. It is good to drink with snacks or to enjoy the sake itself. The name is impressive, and although it does not have the sharpness of the flavor of a single sword, I like it very much.
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Super dry, 90ml glass
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# 40
2.91 pt.
Judaime
Hashimoto Shuzo
Ishikawa
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@Osawa of Sake Rice used is unknown Not fruity at all. It is not light and dry, and has aged well. The taste is a mellow type with a strong umami. The aftertaste is surprisingly refreshing for a Daiginjo. It is what is called "the sake of sake.
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I stopped by Hashimoto Sake Brewery on my way to Yamanaka Onsen last year. The store is a bit like a museum, and you can learn a lot from the easy-to-understand explanations about the rice polishing ratio and the process of making sake. I was not able to taste the sake because I was the handle keeper, but the president recommended a lot of sake and my family was getting drunk (sweat). I drank it cold, but it was still dry. When I heated it up, it became soft, mellow, and easy to drink. The color is quite amber, so the polish may be shallow. Personally, I think drinking it at room temperature or hot is the right way to go. I like to drink sweet sake cold, but I'm starting to think it would be nice to drink dry sake hot ( ˘ω˘ ).
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