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Kombu dashi, velvety soft anjou pear, hay, chamomile, and salty sea spray. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Sacred Power,\" a direct translation of \u003cem\u003eshinriki\u003c\/em\u003e, is made with 100% Shinriki rice. Shinriki is a old rice variety native to Honshu and very difficult to grow. It grows about 3x the height of standard crossbreeding rice. To grow it requires a lot of skill and patience. As a result Shinriki was long thought lost to time, falling out of cultivation for decades. The family's history with Shinriki encouraged them to bring it back: a distant relative of Chiyonosono in the late 1800s helped develop the sake-brewing strain of Shinriki that is used today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSo it’s very difficult to grow— it’s hard to find farmers willing to grow it. 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The flavor of the rice comes through in a way I ironically, rarely encounter in sake and I feel like I'm really getting a pure sense of the rice itself...but at the same time, this nigori drinks unironically like a delaware or sauvignon blanc made by a reputable Japanese natural wine producer. In other words: it's the best nigori I've had in a LONG, long time-- do \u003cem\u003enot\u003c\/em\u003e sleep on this while it's fresh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSome charming additional details from Australian sake importer, Black Market Sake:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Nigori (cloudy) Sake is made using the technique of once fermentation is finished the Sake is pressed clear and then the sediment is added back into the brew. Kuniko wanted the balance of flavour and texture to be perfect and she spent hours and hours testing and tasting and balancing this. 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Notes of honeysuckle, rose, cantaloupe, nougat, sweet carrot juice, fresh ginger, vanilla and loquat dance giddily on the palate, taking me somewhere deep into my sensory past. The palate is full and flavorful, with that natural sort of carrot-root bass notes balancing the gingery, floral high notes. 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