Matsui Kagura Midnight Blue Junmai Sake
Matsui Shuzo in Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan 🇯🇵
Saké - Junmai Regular|
Score
6.87
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Unfiltered, undiluted, unpasteurized. A signature sake full of refreshing fruit aroma and rich umami. This is a Junmai sake with a robust rice taste but it is also aromatic with a distinctive fruit forward punch on your first sip. The "Iwai" sake rice that we employ melts easily in the mash so the taste expression changes from time to time. As the sake is unfiltered, some rice components may remain in the bottle. It is unpasteurized, so you will also sense the lively yeast notes. Please enjoy this carefully prepared Junmai sake. Rice type: Iwai sake rice. Yeast: Matsui original. Polishing ratio (seimaibuai) (精米歩合): 65%. Serving temperature: chilled◎ room◎ warm○. Bottle size: 360 ml, 720 ml, 1800 ml.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Drank fresh. The color is a hint of yellow. The olfactory intensity is high, and the duration is appreciable. The taste on the nose - dominant aroma is of malted rice Koji. The taste on the nose - secondary aromas find hints of vanilla, melon, white mushrooms, cooked pear, steamed rice and umami. The first impression of intensity in the mouth is of powerful sake. The aroma on the tongue is medium dry. The body is full. The taste is pleasant. In the mouth the aroma is that of vanilla, white peach, dried apricot, mushroom, spring water and melon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2023
at 12:06