Apple aroma and acidity. Then honey-like sweetness and richness. What should it be paired with? Cheese? Meat? I think fish would lose its flavor with it.
Fruity, with a bit of acidity and gas. A little bit of umami also comes through. Sake from Yamagata is also fun to dig out.
It's not so much dry as just plain delicious.
Tomorrow is my day off. So I will drink.
My usual store recommendation. Looks like strawberry yogurt from the color. It is milky, mild and creamy. But also a little bitter, sweet and bitter. This is the fun part of sake 🍶.
Really refreshing and fruity. Pear, lychee? Then comes the sweetness, and it's clean and crisp. It's not full-bodied, but that's also good. When do you want a full-bodied wine? It is difficult.
Tsushimaya at the usual restaurant. Peachy sweetness with a firm umami and full-bodied flavor, and a bit bitter and sharp. It has the stability typical of Tsushimaya.
The aroma and umami are stronger, perhaps because it is unfiltered Hachitan-Nishiki. 🙆♂️
Kitanishi Shuzo has been very active in Sairai recently. Bunraku is also very well made.
I thought it would be characterized by bitterness, but it has a strong acidity and umami flavor, with only the chocolate flavor lingering.
For children who do not like bitterness, this kind of sake is very favorable.
I was exhausted from a series of meetings at work and went to my favorite izakaya.
I look at the lineup and see an unusual sake from Tsushimaya! I ordered it and found it was Ginpu! Yup, it's Ginpu!
The first sip had a strong lychee/grape type sweet and sour taste! It reminds me of "Beau Michel" in some way. But it is not that strong. And, unusually for Tsushimaya, there is a little lingering aftertaste. It is not too strong though. Tsushimaya's typical goodness shines through. I have become a fan of Tsushimaya recently.
The theory is that the 14yo is delicious, but not enough for me. I wonder what it is. The balance is very good, but I want something more peculiar. I'm in a troublesome old age.
Oh, wow! This is another interesting sake. It has a rich muscat and lychee aroma and sweetness. It also has a certain umami flavor that lingers on the palate, but it's not quite sharp.
It is said to be made from 2022, so I'll be keeping an eye on it from here on out!
The first drink at hmc, which I have always wanted to visit, was a Yamawa.
The bitter taste was a little strong, but when the coldness disappeared a little, it became a mysterious apple-like full-bodied delicious taste. It is refreshing and clean. It is a mysterious sake.