It's a Futsushu, so don't expect the subtlety of a junmai. Tokkuri warmed in water heated up to small bubbles rising, heat turned off and left for 3 minutes (midway between room and body temperature). The spirituous taste is on the sides of the tongue immediately. Faint melon nose. Fruity and warm but lacking complexity. As the end of the first cup cools, a certain milkiness develops in texture and the fragrancy increases, as does the subtlety of the fruity taste. Second cup almost salty to the tongue, as if it had grown hotter, then tangy and almost citrous on the next sip. Rice nose more noticeable but spirit odour is faintly noticeable too. The heat of the spirit lingers in the mouth after the sake is gone. It improves as it cools. Third cup, rice and spirit nose both easily detectable. As it cools the sweetish milkiness develops but wars with the roughness of the added spirit. Best drunk slightly above room temperature, and drunk slowly as it cools.
