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Introducing sake brands with the strongest impression of "Balanced" flavor, ranked by the strength of the impression.
# 41
3.55 pt.
Minatoyatosuke
Shirataki Shuzo
Niigata
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Crisp
Neat
At home. Sake tasting party with friends after a long time. We brought our own sake. First up was a local sake from Echigo-Yuzawa, a gem bearing the name of the first head of the Shirataki Sake Brewery. The aroma is gorgeous, and in the mouth you can taste the acidity and umami, with a slight lingering alcohol taste. It leaves a slightly bitter or rough feeling in the back of the throat. The Shirotaki Shuzo is known for its Kouzen Nyosui, which has a fuller aroma and taste compared to the Kouzen Nyosui. The bottle was also unusual, with an innovative volume of 630 ml. This is the first brand I've seen and the taste is great. ‼️
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Shirotaki sake from Echigo-Yuzawa's "Shirotaki" and "Kamizen Josui" breweries. Minatoya Tousuke is the name of the founder. It has been quite a while. Junmai Daiginjo with 50% polishing. It has a peachy, elegant aroma and a smooth mouthfeel👍.
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It's like a neat ✨ drink 😉.
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Where to Buy
上善如水 オフィシャルショップ
Rakuten
日本酒
ギフト
白瀧酒造
湊屋藤助
純米大吟醸
180ml
¥440
白瀧酒造
湊屋藤助
純米大吟醸
630ml
日本酒
お歳暮
ギフト
純米
大吟醸
お酒
中口
プレゼント
男性
冷酒
贈答用
誕生日
燗酒
熱燗
お燗
新潟
新潟県
地酒
魚沼
日本酒贈答
美味しい
おいしい
お取り寄せ
コスパ
通好み
手
土産
お祝い
銘柄
お酒ギフト
美味しいお酒
¥1,540
# 42
3.55 pt.
le lac
Usui Shoten
Nagano
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Umami
Plum
Sweetness
Apple
Invigorating
Acidity
Balanced
It is -4 and sweet, but the taste of the rice is perfect and delicious!
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Faint ginjo aroma✨ A sip will leave you with just the right amount of spiciness and sharpness 🥰. This is a food sake, but it has a delicious flavor that doesn't interfere with the ingredients 😌. I rarely drink outside, but this one was delicious 🥰. The disadvantage of drinking it in a restaurant is that you can't taste the flavor immediately after opening the bottle... and you can't tell how it changes the next day or later 😭. The sake I got this time was a bottle and there were only a few bottles left, so there is a high possibility that the taste has changed since the bottle was opened 💧... 💧. And, well, it's impossible for me to drink it in a restaurant... but I have an inquisitive mind as a sake lover 🤭 lol
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Light and fruity type Rice: Ishikawa Gohyakumangoku Polishing ratio: 55% Alcohol content: 15 Sake meter: 0 Acidity: 1.8 Sake with the delicious taste of rice. It has a fruity taste like green apple🍏 with a hint of acidity. It is a sake that can be chilled and drunk crisply in summer 😊.
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# 43
3.54 pt.
Kamoshibitokuheiji
Ban Jozojo
Aichi
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Fizzy
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Fruity
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Balanced
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This is a completely pre-ordered raw usu-nigori. It was my first time to try Jyoshinin Jiheiji itself. It was a brand that I had paid attention to in everyone's reviews, so I took a chance and bought a bottle. The result was a great answer. It has an elegant and gentle sweetness. It makes me feel spring.
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This year's version is delicious too!
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I opened the second bottle because I have reserved next year's. It is too dangerous for me. (Be careful about chugging it all at once.)
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Where to Buy
お酒の専門店 『松仙』
Amazon
醸し人九平次
純米大吟醸 山田錦50% EAU
DU
DESI(希望の水)
720ml
¥2,365
醸し人九平次
純米大吟醸
雄町
720ml
¥2,530
# 44
3.54 pt.
鶯咲
Kanbai Shuzo
Miyagi
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Miyakanbai's PB brand Miyamanishiki 55% Koji, Manamusume 65% Kake The aroma is rather subdued, but it has a clean, fruity aroma of white peaches, pears and apples. The taste is juicy and sweet like honey apple, just like drinking fruit juice! The alcohol content is a little strong, but it is easy to drink with a pleasant, refreshing aftertaste. It is as beautiful and delicious as one would expect from Miyakanbai.
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It has a fresh fruity aroma. The sharpness is also quite good. Personally, I prefer Miyakanbai Junmai Ginjo.
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Junmai-shu, domestic rice 65%, 15%. Aroma and slight sweetness. It is a little short, but the exquisite sweetness makes it easy to drink. 85%.
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# 45
3.54 pt.
Kinryu
Ichinokura
Miyagi
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It has a fresh taste but delicious flavor. Ichinokura brand is famous in Miyagi. Too bad I didn't know about it until now😭.
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Balanced and refreshing. Seems to go with everything.
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It has a sweet, fruity, pear-like ginjo aroma and a full flavor on the palate.
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Where to Buy
木川屋 山形の地酒専門店
Amazon
大人のパインサイダー
380ml
6缶セット
山形県
金龍
¥1,188
# 46
3.53 pt.
Matsumidori
Nakazawa Shuzo
Kanagawa
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Balanced
Fizzy
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Today, I went to Kanagawa Prefecture to get this one that I have been wanting to drink for a long time...fresh aroma, polished to 55% rice polishing ratio....sweet and bitter on the palate...quite bitter, but what is it? But what is it? It's a pure sake, but it's light and fresh! Oh, it's so good! Marriage of Odawara's fresh shirasu caught in the morning with a side dish....... Thanks for a luxurious evening drink!
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Smells like muscat with a sour smell. Sour and sweet, gentle juicy to strong sweet taste. Good wood and yeast flavors that appear along the way. It is like a sweet Shinsei. It goes well with cheese. It is not so sweet that you can't finish your drink, but it is not sweeter than chocolate or potato kenpi. Delicious. Matsumidori: More than expected! When the temperature goes up, it somehow feels like a refreshing juice. It tastes good on the second day, too. You don't get tired of drinking it.
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I've been wanting to try a bottle of my favorite Kanagawa sake 🍶 Matsu Midori... Koji rice is Okayama Yamadanishiki, Kake rice is Nagano Miyamanishiki, and the sake is brewed with No. 7 yeast at low temperature fermentation 🍶...the taste...mellow sweet and delicious 😋♪ Excellent balance of sweetness and acidity It's a great balance of sweetness and sourness! It's a sake that can be enjoyed in small sips, but since we're here, we're enjoying the Kanagawa marriage with Odawara local fish assortment and fried kamaboko from Suzuhiro......yummy!
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# 47
3.52 pt.
hayashi
Hayashi Shuzo
Toyama
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Melon-flavored
Fruity
Sharp
Acidity
CherryBlossom
Balanced
Neat
 ̄∇ ̄* Isuzu🍶🍶🍶🍶 This is a sake from our neighboring prefecture of Toyama✨. The aroma is quite mild, but when you put it in your mouth, the acidity comes from the soft rice flavor, and then it quickly kicks in, like a well-balanced and delicious sake😊.
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The aroma is subdued. ❗️ The taste is very umami 👍. The aftertaste is clean and you won't get tired of drinking it. It's a sake that you can keep drinking 😅. It's not a modern taste, but it's a perfect food sake type 😅❗️ I paired it with my favorite mackerel sushi from Kyoto. It went great with my favorite mackerel sushi from Kyoto 👍. No wonder it is popular in restaurants in Tokyo these days. ❗️
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A friend of mine said that if he had come all the way to Toyama, he would have had a variety of both Katsikoma and Haneya, but Hayashi had never had them. We compared two types of sake rice, Gohyakumangoku and Dewanosato. Both were to his liking, but the Dewa-no-sato was more acidic and better. I recommended it to him and told him that Koyama Shoten also sold it 😄.
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# 48
3.52 pt.
Matsunotsukasa
Matsuse Shuzo
Shiga
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Fruity
Acidity
Sweetness
Balanced
Melon-flavored
Firm
Bitterness
At home. This is my first Shiga, Matsunoji. The aroma is gorgeous and has a slight semedyne smell. There is a sweetness and a little tingling in the mouth, and there is an alcohol feeling that goes through the nose, but it is clear and light and easy to drink. The Kinki region was filled with this.
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This is the Tsukasa Matsunosuke version of the "Face Up, Little by Little, Forward" series. The situation of the Corona disaster is still severe, but still we should not give up hope and cherish what we can do now. Just like the athletes working hard in the Olympics right now😌. This sake has a refreshing melon flavor with a hint of rice 😋. This is the first time I've ever tried it with eel kabayaki. It's so good! I finally filled in the map of the Kansai area 😙.
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Refreshing, delicious, and oicy 🍶. This is good ✨🌸 I enjoy it very much.
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# 49
3.51 pt.
Shinshu Kirei
Okazaki Shuzo
Nagano
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Fresh
Neat
Fruity
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Umami
Acidity
Balanced
Slightly fruity smell. Softly sweet and light in the mouth. The mouthfeel is reminiscent of rice, with an extended acidity, a slight sweetness, and a bitter taste that fades away. It is delicious. The impression is gentle. The third day. It tastes better when it has been open for a while. After the light fruitiness, the water is a little sour, a little bitter, and clean. Not too much of a bad taste, just a good feeling.
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Nagano sake is delicious 🍶, and my favorite Shinshu Kamerei and Hitogokochi are my favorites. .... Fruity aroma, sweetness of rice, good bitterness in the aftertaste, and a nice sharpness! Nothing to say about it, roast pork and local edamame (edamame is in season) to go with it. .... Next time, I'd like to pair it with Shinshu soba noodles...
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I love ❤️ Shinshu Kamerei, which was sleeping in the fridge! The mouthfeel is sweet! However, the aftertaste is exquisitely bitter and sharp! This is it! I can't believe that rice can be expressed like this 😋 It's really delicious 😋 Anyway, it's .... There is no bitterness! I wonder if it's buckwheat noodles since it's a Shinshu sake (....) It's delicious to drink as it is....
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# 50
3.50 pt.
TENBU
Nishi Shuzo
Kagoshima
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Umami
Sweetness
Bitterness
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Balanced
Flamboyant
Melon-flavored
Smells of powdered milk, flowers. Slightly effervescent. The junmai I drank before was so good that it was a repeat purchase, and it lived up to my expectations. It is well-balanced and when you notice it, you can drink it all at once with a slurp. It has a floral, not too sweet, pungent, well-balanced flavor, and a satisfying umami and a sourness that is very satisfying. The 4th day. It has lost some of its flavor and can be drunk without hesitation.
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Fruity and delicate sweetness. Famous for its potato shochu, "Treasure Mountain, The brewery's sake challenge. It was surprisingly legitimate.
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This is the much talked about "Tensho"... a faintly fruity aroma... the taste is sweet and comes in nicely... the aftertaste is nice and sour and crisp... delicious... 😋This is an excellent wine... ...I'm looking forward to the ministry of...the terrifying...ministry.
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Where to Buy
銘酒本舗 IMANAKA SAKESHOP
Rakuten
天賦
てんぶ
純米吟醸
1800ml
お歳暮ギフト
¥4,235
天賦
てんぶ
純米大吟醸
720ml
TENBU
お歳暮ギフト
¥6,292
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