flos_lingua_est
Nigori Ekiden, section 4
I have always wanted to try this sake, but it sells out quickly, and even the stores that do business with Chiyo Shuzo do not carry it, so I could not get it... This time, I have achieved my long-cherished wish after several years of trying!
The frustrating thing was that the car in front of us suddenly braked on the way back to the store! The bottle was shaken so much that when I opened it two days later, there was no fizziness. I will take my revenge next year (tears).
The standing aroma is weak, with just a hint of botanicals such as rice and grass. The aroma is not related to the ginjo aroma when you drink it. There is no fruity aroma, and it has a rugged taste that is typical of 80% polished rice. It is as if the sake is called "Happo Bijin" (Happo beauty) when it is less than 60% polished rice, so to some extent, it is not so glamorous.
From the moment of drinking to the end of drinking, the umami is overwhelmingly stronger than the sweetness, and it is definitely classified as dry due to the pungency, the tangy stimulation from the alcohol, and the bitterness at the end, but for some strange reason, it is not harsh at all!
While it is classical, it has a mellow, nigori-like flavor, which makes it a good match for ma-po tofu, spare ribs, and cotto ramen noodles.
It was an award-winning run, wasn't it? It was delicious!
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ジェイ&ノビィ
Good evening, flos_lingua_est 😃.
It was a disaster to have problems before running the 4th section after several years of solid preparation 😫 but once you started running, you had a delicious sectional prize 😋 Classical nigori! If it had been fizzy, it would have been a new sectional winner: ‼️
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