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Trying to keep track of good nihonshu I’ve drunk and remember my favourites. Not a reviewer so please forgive the simple comments.

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初緑Hatsu Midori Junmai Ginjo Muroka Nama Genshu純米吟醸原酒生酒無濾過
奥飛騨酒造Gifu
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16% alcohol 100% Yamada Nishiki from Hyogo Slight pop when opened. First day was melon, caramel and then acidity. As normal, I tried it over 10 days, and the flavour improves, with no drop off. From day 4, the fruity taste of melon, Fuji apple, hint of bitterness, caramel, with acidity to stop it tasting too sweet. Surprisingly worked well with grilled steak. Delicious!
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Suppose to be a private label. Made from 100% Aomori Hanaomoi Mild flavour, with fruity caramel, which then becomes sharper, and mellows to taste of rice and some sourness. The rice and sourness is more pronounced as it warms up. Again tried it over 10 days, and found the flavour best from day 2 to 6, then a lot of flavour was lost after.
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長玲 禄Shinbunshi 60純米生酒無濾過
Chochin ShuzoAichi
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60% polished, hence the 60. Green apple and berry then acidity cuts in. With the creamy mushroom pasta, there was a hint of pineapple as well. I liked it as it cut through the richness of the pasta, but my wife preferred the Biden Kojo. Perhaps it’s the age, but I felt it was not as lively as I remembered it to be.
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AkishikaKobo #7純米山廃生酒無濾過
Akishika ShuzoOsaka
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This was a nihonshu suggested by one of the staff. Mild start, with some fruity then mild sharpness and lingering caramel taste. Worked well with caramel dessert as accentuated caramel but cut through the richness
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天領盃しぼりたて生原酒 Junmai Ginjo純米吟醸原酒生酒
天領盃酒造Niigata
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Popped when opened with fizzy mouthfeel. Spicy start which becomes fruity with green apple and caramel. Looks slightly cloudy, but I don’t think it’s a muroka? Day 3: still pop and fizz. To as spicy as before, with initial fruity and green apple, then umami, mushrooms and long lasting caramel. Wonderful when eating duck cassoulet instead of white wine. Delicious nihonshu from Sado.
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Zaku恵乃智(めぐみのとも)純米吟醸
Shimizuseizaburo ShotenMie
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There was a fizz when first opened. Smells fruity with an apple taste then sharpness with long lingering flavour on the first day. Day 3 it was more alive, with fizz on opening (supposed to be pasteurised), still apple with musk melon before a dry finish. Enhanced the taste of homemade mixed mushrooms fettuccini with truffles (it’s truffle season here). Day 10 it was past its prime; less fruity with a less balanced sharpness.
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Hello, Mr. Poe! Sakusama's Enochi is delicious 😋. I love this drink because it is so well balanced 🤗. Fettuccine made with homemade mushrooms sounds wonderful too 😊.
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Yes it was delicious and good price performance. But must drink less than a week after opening.
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Kid純米吟醸酒 しぼりたて純米吟醸生酒
Heiwa ShuzoWakayama
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It’s Winter here, so though I would have a fresh Winter nihonshu. Previously had it with sushi. Day 1: fruity apple flavour, with slight dryness. Had it with ham and pea soup, where the dryness was accentuated. Very good palate cleanser. Day 3: the flavour had deepened more fruity umami, little dryness by itself. Had miso-ginger pork cutlet, and again tasted more dry with food, with good length. Day 5: by itself, about the same as day 3. Tonight had motsunabe. Goes very well with it. Delicious!
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Also tried it with cheese. Terrible!
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HououbidenWine Cell本醸造無濾過
Kobayashi ShuzoTochigi
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Final nihonshu I felt worth remembering from my quick trip. Again at 日本酒原価酒蔵. Decided to try an ulfiltered at the end of the night to try something different. Interesting flavour, quite fruity with strawberry, dryness yet lingering flavour. Good with even oily foods. Good enough to remember (can’t remember the other 3 we had that night).
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ChikumanishikiKizan Purple純米大吟醸
Chikumanishiki ShuzoNagano
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Asked for recommendation to go with sushi, saying we want a dry nihonshu. This “Kizan” (帰山), made with Miyamanishiki, is definitely dry (辛口) on the first mouthful, with a hint of fruit, then…. Nothing! No back palate. Then the food came; it refreshes the palate for the food, and interestingly with the charred maguro, the next mouthful of nihonshu had a lingering smoky taste! Would be a good light drink by itself but seemed like a good food nihonshu.
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KameizumiCel-24純米吟醸原酒生酒
Kameizumi ShuzoKochi
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Went for dinner at 日本酒原価酒蔵 大阪本町店 to try different Nihonshu with food. They sell various Nihonshu in smaller bottles. Only this one and 鳳凰美田 wine cell stood out. First taste: Pineapple! Fruity but not sweet; perhaps slightly dry. Worked very well with the Wagyu don and chicken karaage. Delicious and easy drinking. Definitely buying a bottle to try it over several days.
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Bought this at Utsunomiya JR station shopping area. 100% Yamada Nishiki First taste was pineapple and fizz, then sharp acidity that cuts through the fruity initial taste. Worked very well with mild flavours of Kyushu-style Mizutaki. After a few days, less fruity, but more savoury, very easy drinking.
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DassaiDassai 39純米大吟醸
Asahi ShuzoYamaguchi
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Just to complete tasting the affordable Dassai series. Initial fruit of strawberry and melon, then spicy and soft rice bitterness.
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SuehiroしぼりたてJunmaiGinjo純米吟醸
Suehiro ShuzoFukushima
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Bought this seasonal nihomshu at Suehiro brewery when visited Aizuwakamatsu. When the bottle was first opened, it tasted spicy with bitter aftertaste. After leaving it for a few days, the spiciness reduced, with a caramel taste (but not sweet), and milder bitter finish. Like wine, nihomshu needs to breathe before serious tasting.
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EchigotsurukamePonshukan x Echigotsurukame Junmai Ginjo純米吟醸
EchigotsurukameNiigata
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Bought from Ponshukan in Niigata Station. Alcohol 15% Light slightly fizzy taste with rice bitterness that lingers. Quite a light drink. Will be having with homemade barbecue chicken with たれ and grilled miso zucchini.
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KinsuishoJunmai Ginjo純米吟醸
KinsuishoFukushima
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I’ve been keeping this one for a few weeks as I was disappointed on initial tasting, even thought it’s not namazake. As opened, it was spicy, with the taste of rice and hint of bitterness, then nothing! The taste did not linger at all! After 2 weeks in the refrigerator, I still get the spicy start, but not as strong, then a lingering savouriness with a hint of melon and pineapple, with stronger rice and touch of bitterness. Not up to the flavour of the other Fukushima nihonshu…
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Yuho#55純米吟醸原酒生酒無濾過
Mioya ShuzoIshikawa
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Drier nihonshu with melon, rice and bitterness at the end. Good with food, but I prefer the Yuho Yamaoroshi which I also tried which has more umami and longer flavour
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ChiyoJunmai Nama Moromi Nigori純米吟醸原酒生酒にごり酒
Chiyo ShuzoNara
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Palate cleanser with slight spritz. Clean slightly acidic. Not heavy so great nihonshu to start by itself without food, but worked well with lighter snacks.
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DassaiDassai 23純米大吟醸
Asahi ShuzoYamaguchi
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Always wanted to try this, and as the queue at Hasegawa Tokyo Station was very long, I felt that I had to make the wait worthwhile.😜 Not as mild as I expected, as a lot of JDG are very light; has a fruity melon, peach but also spicy. Delicious and worth the price for a special occasion; what more so than New Year Eve!
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