It is a very well-balanced sake with a strong umami flavor as a food sake. Therefore, if you have a strong impression of this sake before drinking it, it will seem like a good sake in general.
This sake was brewed with wine yeast.
The wine-like acidity was impressive, the sweetness was moderate, and the alcohol content was high but also easy to drink.
The mellow sweet aroma wafted through the air despite the distance, and the sweetness of the aroma spread to the mouth as one would expect from such an aroma.
However, the sweetness drained away so quickly that it was a dangerous liquid that was easy to drink as if one were drinking water with added sweetness, rather than alcohol.
This is a rather interesting sake, with a list of recommended snacks on its official website.
The combination of mayonnaise and the matching snacks was an excellent match, just as the official website claims.
The sweetness is so strong that the moment you put it in your mouth, you might say "Ama! but it is a good way to reset your palate after eating a strong-flavored snack, as it leaves no aftertaste.
Sexy Yamamoto Yeast, a power word.
Despite such a joke of a name, the sake is very clear and watery, but the dryness befitting the name "dohara" gives it a sake-like quality.
The aroma is exactly like ripe bananas. The banana flavor spreads in the mouth, but it is not sweet at all; rather, the acidity and dryness are impressive. However, the banana flavor remains at the end.
The acidity and dryness also make it an excellent match with food, and it washes away the strong flavors of the food in a good way.