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Sake Rankings by Flavor Tag

Introducing sake brands with the strongest impression of "Apple" flavor, ranked by the strength of the impression.

# 31

2.95 pt.

Hokuan Jozo Nagano

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Lemon Apple Expansive

北安大国 1

北安大国 2

北安大国 3

Sorry, but I don't like it that much. It tastes like nail polish or nail polish remover. So I just poured it over the atmosphere without really tasting it.

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I love this summer drink ‼️ I drank it last year and it became my favorite 😊 Citrus🍋 aroma and taste: ❗️ As it says on the back label. Lemon🍋 like acidity and strong bitterness😊. I don't feel any alcohol at all. The sweetness is moderate and it's like a juice. You can drink it like a juice. ‼️ It's like a summer drink 👍 It goes well with oily food ❗️ Very tasty sake 😃. I also bought the Junmai Ginjo Nama Shu with it so I'm looking forward to tasting it too 😊. I'm looking forward to taste comparison 😊.

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Rice used is Hitogochiki The rice used was Hitogochochi, and there was a bunch of it, as is typical of nama-shu. It was a little sweet, with a slight lingering taste. It's unique and not bad. ❗️

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# 32

2.94 pt.

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Fizzy Apple Juicy Umami Fruity Acidity Sweetness Bitterness

Konnayoruni… 1

Konnayoruni… 2

Konnayoruni… 3

Sashi-Drinking with Senior Staff of the Company Memorandum: 🙇‍♂️

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Gifts from Mom #5 The surrealistic labeling of "On a night like this..." is unbearable. Uitate aroma is fruity and citrusy. The mouthfeel is tangy gas on the tongue with a good sweetness & acidity. The aftertaste has some alcohol, but the bitterness is pleasant again! The aftertaste is not too long, and you can go on and on. After all, on a night like this... it's delicious! Thank you for the food!

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Sour and sweet per se. Thins to mid-palate, perfect for a night like this.

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# 33

2.93 pt.

Chitose Zakari Akita

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Apple Fruity Flamboyant Acidity Bitterness Umami Floral

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Chitosezakari 2

Chitosezakari 3

We received 5 bottles of souvenir drink, 300 mm from Akita Prefecture. 🤭 The sake has a lot of Japanese sake flavor and the rice flavor is a bit more apparent. 🤗

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Local sake from Kazuno City. Akita Sake Komachi x AKITA Yukiguni Yeast The aroma is fruity 🎶. The astringent aftertaste further enhances the lingering taste🎶. This makes me want to try Chitose-mori's other sake.

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Chitosezakari Junmai Ginjo Peach Color The description says it has a fruity aroma like berries and apples, but I couldn't detect it. It is lighter and easier to drink than one-cup wines, but has a bitter aftertaste. I don't like the taste.

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# 34

2.91 pt.

沓掛酒造 Nagano

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Fukumuryo 2

Fukumuryo 3

The last bottle I brought back from Ueda. It was sweet in the mouth! Then it was immediately spicy! It's like a roller coaster with extreme tastes. I think it's a roller coaster.

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A gift from a colleague from Ueda City. One sip, and first of all, it is beautiful! Elegant aroma and mellow, not too sweet. A taste for adults? It tastes like an adult.

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SAKEPOST Product The wine has a gorgeous aroma and a clean, easy-to-drink mouthfeel with a slightly dry throat 🍶 and a robust flavor.

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# 35

2.91 pt.

Nishiiida Shuzoten Nagano

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Floral Banana Apple Nectar Acidity CherryBlossom Sweetness Fruity

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積善 2

積善 3

☆☆☆☆☆ Last week (or was it?) It's a banana today after the apple last week. It smells very sour and not banana-like, but when you drink it, it's sweet. It's like a fruit sweetness, but if you ask me if it's a banana sweetness, I think it's a little different.

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A touch of spiciness. The spiciness starts to wrap around the sweetness in the mid-palate. The mildness of the umami taste.

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Sake purchased at Shimizuya in Saku, Nagano 🍶. A rare sake brewery whose signature is sake brewed with various "flower yeasts" such as apple and sunflower 🌼🌻. They are aiming for an era where people choose sake by its yeast. This time it was a saké made with cherry blossom yeast🌸. Gorgeous and fruity as expected! The stable Yamae-Nishiki is delicious!

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# 36

2.91 pt.

hatomasamune Aomori

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Acidity Apple Umami Rich Striking Nectar

Sato Takumi 1

Sato Takumi 2

Sato Takumi 3

The initial aroma is fruity 🍎. The palate has a full-bodied sweetness from the rice and a good acidity. Aomori-style sake with a nice sharpness.

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I found my favorite Satochi at an Izakaya and couldn't resist ordering it😍. The smell of pears. It smells so good. It has a caramel-like sweetness and then a light sourness. After that, the bitterness comes through quickly. It's a beautiful sake. It's really delicious. It's been a long time since I've had it😊. The taste itself is refreshing, but even with a strong oily taste like mackerel, there is a flavor that somehow does not lose at all ️.

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Yamada Nishiki. A pleasantly mild spiciness with a sharp umami flavor...!

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# 37

2.90 pt.

月吉野 Nagano

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CherryBlossom Fruity Apple Flamboyant Acidity Dry Bitterness Sweetness

Tsukiyoshino 1

Tsukiyoshino 2

Tsukiyoshino 3

Sashi-Drinking with senior staff of the company🍶. Memorandum

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The rice is Hitogokochi. The top aroma is gentle but sweet. It is sweet and delicious, but reserved and calm. It is apple-like. Compared to Miyamanishiki and Yamane Nishiki, which we have drunk so far, it has a calm atmosphere. When drinking it again, the aroma is gentle, but the taste is sweet and delicious.

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Hana of Tsukiyoshino Unfiltered Nama Sake 720ml 100% Hitogochiki produced in Nagano Prefecture Rice polishing ratio: 55 Alcohol content: 15%. Purchased at Hara's in Ueda on Saturday. With amazake, of course. It is a gorgeous spring-like sake with a more mellow sweet taste. On Saturday, we went from Tateshina to the Ueda Castle beyond the ski resort. It was already starting to change colors. The parking lot was full. We had lunch at a buckwheat noodle restaurant in Sakaki Town on the way to Chikuma. We never had a bad experience at any soba restaurant.

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# 38

2.88 pt.

Matsuyama Shuzo Kyoto

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CherryBlossom Apple Umami Balanced Sugar Soft Acidity Bitterness

Jikkoku 1

Jikkoku 2

Jikkoku 3

Then, the second one given to me by Uma Uma Uma: ‼️ I opened the bottle thinking that someone had been drinking this Zikkok recently! This one is dry, but it goes well with anything during a meal. It goes great with takowasato (octopus balls) 😋 and it just won't stop!

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New brand Jyuseki🪨. Sake rice "Celebration" is also a first🌾. First day. Good balance of sweetness, umami and acidity✨ Second day. Umami is rich and ⤴️ quite thick. It was also delicious heated. I'm not sure if this is a Gekkeikan group company or not. It's an authentic Kyoto-style sake.

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Soba Kaiseki at Tachiaigawa Yoshidaya. We opened a bottle of Shinmasa and wanted to drink some more, so we chose a sake from Kyoto with which we have little connection. It is a sake called "Jyuseki. It has a very elegant taste, which is a testament to the rice and water used in Kyoto. It has a soft texture, with a slight sweetness and umami spreading in the mouth, and even though I was drunk on the Shinmasa, the taste remained on my tongue. We paired it with soba noodles, which matched beautifully and complemented the new soba. It was very delicious! (^^)/

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Where to Buy

お酒の専門店　『松仙』

十石純米吟醸祝じっこく 1800ml 京都松山酒造日本酒¥3,740

# 39

2.88 pt.

Takasawa Shuzo Nagano

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Umami Acidity Apple Bitterness Orange Sweetness Juicy Fruity

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Toyoka 2

Toyoka 3

The rice is Miyamanishiki. Polishing ratio 49%. It has a beautiful sweet and umami taste. It has a fine gaseous feeling and is fruity and gorgeous. It has an apple-like taste, but it also has a burnt apple feel. It is also refreshing. It is also good for the cost.

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🐱 Next up is the summer sake series. They say, "If we start serving them this early, we will run out of sake before the hiyaoroshi season. But if I see it, I will drink it. The label is beautiful. Each sake brewery has its own unique characteristics and is delicious. It was fun to eat it with strong flavored side dishes. Namul and so on😊. Toyoga is run by a couple, so I'm worried that they might quit due to succession issues. I have a fear that they will quit and I drink it when I find it. This blue label was also sold at Shinshu Kurado in Nagano station. The last picture is a cat I saw in front of Nagano station. When I was staring at it, it said "You can take a picture with me" and left. 😅

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THE CRAFT SAKE 🍶Cheers to a fine sake -Shinshu version🍎🍏-. Toyoga Junmai Daiginjo Nakadori Unrefined Nama Sake

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Where to Buy

佐野屋〜日本酒・ワイン通販専門店

豊賀　水色ラベル　夏純米　しらかば錦70%　長野C酵母　瓶燗火入れ　2022¥1,690 豊賀　緑ラベル　純米　長野C酵母　中取り無濾過生原酒　2024¥1,690

# 40

2.88 pt.

Shinshu Meijo Nagano

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Fruity Sweetness Umami Apple Bitterness Soft Melon-flavored Acidity

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Kanae 2

Kanae 3

Next, here is a bottle from ‼️ that was Miyajima's recommendation for the Shinshu Jizake Hanpukai. ‼️ To be honest, I can't really tell the difference 😅 although the richness of the orikagarami is better. I just keep reaching for the ogara-mi 😆. Maybe it's the bitterness that makes it better for eating 😋. Either way it's delicious, so this comparison is a lot of fun ‼️4

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(*sigh*) 🍶🍶🍶🍶 We had our first Ding's sake 😀. It was a well balanced and delicious sake. The aroma is quietly gorgeous, refreshing rice flavor and sweetness, and a nice crispness. Nice 👍️

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❀(*´▽`*)❀🍶🍶🍶🍶+ Today I got a limited edition Junmai Daiginjo from Ting today 😀. I was drawn to the limited edition label because it seems that from this year they have changed from Daiginjo to Junmai Daiginjo 😁. The aroma is gorgeous 🥰The mouthfeel is smooth 😊The sweetness is moderate but the flavor is beautiful and firm 😘The acidity is sharp to finish 😍This was a very delicious sake.

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