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Light, clean, watery, and slick, this Junmai Ginjo Hiyaoroshi has a nice balance with a clean finish and an umami departure. Look for mochi, minerals, ripe banana, red apple, grains, caramel, cocoa nibs, persimmon, and hints of avocado toast flavors that bounce with some astringency that appeals to wine drinkers. \u003cb\u003eWORD:\u003c\/b\u003e Persimmon \u003cb\u003eWINE:\u003c\/b\u003e Tannin-Reds\/Flinty Whites \u003cb\u003eBEER:\u003c\/b\u003e Light Ambers \u003cb\u003eFOODS:\u003c\/b\u003e Bonito sashimi, tuna sashimi, grilled fish, yakitori, tomato salad, and prosciutto with melon. 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The nose on this special brew is a lively collection of cherries, pear, mango, and white flower blossoms. Fruity and silky, this semi-chewy brew drinks plump, but very clean and smooth. And therein is the “art” of this sake that has a fruit basket full of flavors that are upfront and welcoming, and then disappear in a clean and balanced finish. This begs the question, \"How can rice and water taste like so many fruit tones and then finish so clean and smooth?\" Your mouth is exploring huge pear, melon, apple, and honey flavors, and then whoosh they are gone with a whisper. 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We call this a “Professor Sake,” because it is liquid history in a bottle that can teach you and your palate so much. Learn while you swirl this viscous brew in your glass, and think back hundreds of years to the origins of sake making in the epicenter of sake production Nara. Made with steamed and “raw” rice (The Bodaimoto method). This brew is chunky, funky, and sweet, as it should be! Fat, bold, rich, and velvety this Junmai coats the palate with a sweet rice covering like you've never experienced before. Along with a very low SMV and a very high Acidity, this sake probably has one of the highest Amino Acid levels (+3) in exported sake history. Look for hints of sweet tea, honey, lemon peel, rice candy, sweet grass, honeydew, and cooked pear flavors with an accompanying umami bomb. 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In a word, this is a professional sake through and through, and it will astound the sake aficionados, and will be a very welcome drinking experience for new sake drinkers. Dry, clean, smooth, gentle, round, lush and layered, this is a rich sake that drinks more smooth than full-bodied. Basically, this takes \u003cem\u003eOmachi\u003c\/em\u003e to a new amazing level of scope and balance with a flavor field that is not like your typical fruity brew. Look for sweet rice, nougat, cooked apples, powdered sugar, butter, ocean water, and a whole lot of umami, on a full-bodied flow that is buoyant and soft. This is one of those Bucket List Brews that every True Sake fan should taste. \u003cstrong\u003eWORD:\u003c\/strong\u003e Smooth \u003cstrong\u003eWINE:\u003c\/strong\u003e Velvety Reds\/Full Whites \u003cstrong\u003eBEER:\u003c\/strong\u003e Creamy Ales \u003cstrong\u003eFOODS:\u003c\/strong\u003e Seafood, grilled fare, salty and savory, meats, game, stews. 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This is a professional sake personified, and if you are following the path of the rice varietal called \u003cem\u003eOmachi\u003c\/em\u003e, it’s important to try this awesome version. Ripe, full-bodied, rich, and frisky, look for lots of flavors from honeydew melon, white grape, crisp apple, young pear, and a heaping helping of umami qualities. It is a very layered brew that has vocal rice tones on a savory flow that thickens as it warms in the glass. 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It's best to avoid shipping unpasteurized sake during extremely hot summers or freezing cold winters. When completing a purchase of unpasteurized sake from True Sake, you are giving us the OK to ship unpasteurized sake to you. Feel free to call or email us if you have more questions.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe nose on this unpasteurized Honjozo that is made using Gohyakumangoku milled to 60% is an amazing collection of melon, creamy fruit, grape, berry, honey, sweet nuts, butterscotch, and cream cheese aromas. If you drink sake long enough, eventually you find those brews that blow your socks off. Count this sake as one of your Bucket-List-brews that takes “flavorful” sake to the next frontier. Oh my gosh! Talk about controlled madness. Talk about controlled brashness. The entire world of flavors is in this brew, which could be crazy, but the balance of this Nama Honjozo is superb and this makes the whole thing dance perfectly. Look for hints of persimmon, melon, vanilla, citrus, cinnamon, crisp apples, grapes, pineapple, forest floor, pomegranate, dark chocolate filled with raspberry, dried fruit, and pear compote flavors. Wow! In a nutshell this sake is a flavor shifter along the lines of a shape shifter. It changes with every sip, but never let’s you get lost. Who said Honjozo sake is boring? 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Pay close attention to the chain link of mineral tones that have a lot of snowmelt-like qualities, and expands as the fluid warms with a quick and flinty finish. 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It's best to avoid shipping unpasteurized sake during extremely hot summers or freezing cold winters. When completing a purchase of unpasteurized sake from True Sake, you are giving us the OK to ship unpasteurized sake to you. Feel free to call or email us if you have more questions.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eThe nose on this exact same sake as the \"Red Snapper\" except it hasn’t been charcoal filtered (no not Nigori) has a robust collection of sea spray, finger lime, apple, grape, citrus, cranberry, mochi, corn flakes, marzipan, toast, nutritional yeast, and apple vinegar aromas. Welcome back, Narutotai Black! Your fans have been waiting a year to drink up your power and sake wonder. This is a very dry version of the Red Snapper and it is beefy at 19% ABV, but it is still unpasteurized and very flavorful and fun. Round, rich, full-bodied, velvety, fat, chewy and lush, this sake drinks you as much as you drink it. Look for an array of dry flavors including coco nib, peanut butter, root beer, dark chocolate, sweet mochi, creamy cantaloupe, daikon, and peanut brittle with a long peanuty finish. Sounds like a mouthful, and it is a mouthful, and that’s exactly why this can is so popular. \u003cb\u003eWORD:\u003c\/b\u003e Big \u003cb\u003eWINE:\u003c\/b\u003e Immense Reds\/Full-Bodied Whites \u003cb\u003eBEER:\u003c\/b\u003e Guinness \u003cb\u003eFOODS:\u003c\/b\u003e Everything you think sake wouldn’t pair with, buffalo wings, tacos, curries, international spice, fried everything, burgers, chops, and wild boar. 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Look for cantaloupe, strawberry, cotton candy, grape, blueberry, grapefruit, kumquat, and mineral flavors that jump across the palate in a tingly rush. 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