Reisen Tokubetsu Honjozo 醴泉特別本醸造 60% Seimai Buai

Rice - Yamada Nishiki 山田錦
Prefecture - Toyama 富山県
Brewery - 玉泉堂酒造株式会社
Color - Colourless
Aroma - Steam 🍚, 🍏, Earthy, Mushroom
Taste - Medium
Umami - Medium
First impression - Lively
Body - Medium
Sweetness - Medium Dry
Tail/length - Medium
Overall - Tried a 300ml chill bottle yesterday while having dinner at a 🇯🇵 restaurant. First smell on the 👃 is light with a mixture of steam 🍚 and 🍏. Thought this is going to be a light tasting 🍶. However I was so wrong. First sip, you can taste the earthiness and mushroom flavor. Packed with lots of umami, it actually goes really well with the medium body and taste. Sweetness was medium dry which was expected from a 🍶that is earthy and laden with umami. Medium length makes it a well balanced 🍶. Despite being a 本酿造, this 🍶can easily qualify as a Ginjo grade 🍶. However this 🍶didn’t quite pair up with the sashimi and 🍣 set which I have ordered for dinner as the strong flavor of the 🍶kind of overpowered the freshness of the raw fish. I’m sure this 🍶would have fair better if pairing it with 🇯🇵 curry or a 🥩 sukiyaki.

Mitsui San
An amateur sake lover who loves anything 🇯🇵 and started exploring 🍶 drinking 5 years ago. A Kikisakeshi #唎酒師 by SSI & Certified Sake Sommelier by SSA. IG: @mitsui.sakenoob