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Robert-Gilles, you have the power, you have the key to this mystery…. Everyone at the tasting is dying to know what those three bottles were.

Our Shizuoka sake guru, Robert-Gilles at Shizuoka Sake, kindly sent us, the Tokyo sake geeks (me and Melinda), these three bottles without the labels. So, the only thing we knew at the tasting was that these three bottles were from Shizuoka. Now, did he take the labels off because he had gotten a hang of this kind of “mystery”
from the last tasting by Melinda? Or, was he getting even with her for the last batch of Odayaka bottle without the labels? Or, did he do it because I messed up peeling his labels last time? Who knows! We all appreciated three wonderful bottles by saying, “These are all really good”, after the first round of sips which set the tone for the evening.

Here’s the summary of comments from eight tasters who kept really quiet and took notes for about one hour in front of the three bottles of Shizuoka mystery sake.

1. White Bottle

What did we think it was?

2 – Honjozo, 4 – Junmai including 1 Nama, 1 – Ginjyo

Comments:

2. Blue Bottle

What did we think it was?

2 – Junmai or Jungin, 1 – Jungin Nama, 1 – Junmai or Honjozo with a hint of nama muroka, 1 – Junmai, 1 – Honjozo

Comments:

3.
Green Bottle

What did we think it was?

3 – Jungin, 1 – Daigin, 1 – Ginjo, 1 – either Junmai Daigin or Daigin

Comments:

Favorite?

When everyone was forced to pick one “favorite”, 2 voted for #2 and the rest voted for #3.

Most of the tasting was done without food, but as you can see in some comments, food and temperature really changed the personality of each sake.

So… What are they? Answer can be found at Shizuoka Sake.

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