Bottle at home region ticking. Fairly yellow. Nose is melon, red licorice. Tastes of cantaloupe, honey dew, lychee, rice, perfume. Thicker mouthfeel. Rice and alcohol.

500mL bottled 3/17/15, drunk 2/14/16.
Very clear, glassy appearance.
Very light mushroom is notable, with stronger overtones of melon, rice sugars and very light vanilla. I like that there’s the hint of koji/mushroom/umami, whatever you want to call it and the rest of the aroma profile seems quite a bit headier, though not perfumey or anything.
Sweet up-front, though nowhere near offensively/cloyingly so. Milky, ricey and with some alcohol dryness mixing with the fresh melon flavors to finish with average sweetness overall and quite flavorful on the rice and koji side. I do get some green apple, from the commercial deScription, though that may just be at their suggestion. An odd but very enjoyable sake. Seems quite a bit better than the average sake you get in America, but I’ve got to imagine this is still well below average in comparison with good sakes you can get over in Japan. Medium bodied for a sake, with low alcohol perception and quite clean.