6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Drank at room temperature. The color is golden yellow. The olfactory intensity is high, and the olfactory persistence is sufficient. The taste on the nose - dominant aroma is of malted rice Koji. The taste on the nose - secondary aromas find hints of almond, spices and umami, for a delicate aroma. The first impression of intensity in the mouth is of medium strength’s sake. The aroma on the tongue is rather dry. The body is full. The gustatory intensity is high, and the persistence is sufficient. The taste is pleasant. The final mouth sensations are of drinkable sake. The roof of the mouth carries notes of kiwi, cooked pear, melon, fruit, apricot and mushroom.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2023
at 11:30
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
From bottle at sakagura. Treated myself to nice Japanese night out. Very clear pour slight nose of aged sake. Tastes super smooth since aged daiginjo. Some cedar perhaps, coconut, melon, sauvigon blanc, and rice. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2015
at 21:43
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Yamamoto. Solid rice aroma, koji, light esters and spice. Typical junmai. Clear, slightly oily and bubbly. Rather dry flavor with some fruity and rice sweetness. Melon and peach, with nice dryness and alcohol burn. Not super complex, but hearty and rooted. A well-done junmai.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2014
at 04:35
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled@SBWF2012. Slightly hazy pale yellow colour with no head. Aroma is fruits, some rice and mild floral notes with some mild herbal notes. Flavour is fruits, rice, some mild resiny and sprucelike notes. Balanced and quite mellow saké.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2012
at 23:54
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample @ SBWF 12. Light yellow colour. Rice, fruit aroma. Fruity rice, alcohol flavour.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2012
at 07:04
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
720 ml bottle, at home.
Very yellow color. Strong rice aroma, slight caramel or mizuame, koji. Rich rice flavor, yamahai tang / funk, some candy sweetness, alcohol, fruit, even a bit of citrus. Rather co plex, with good umami, though overall not breathtaking. A bit too much roasty rice forward for my tastes
Very yellow color. Strong rice aroma, slight caramel or mizuame, koji. Rich rice flavor, yamahai tang / funk, some candy sweetness, alcohol, fruit, even a bit of citrus. Rather co plex, with good umami, though overall not breathtaking. A bit too much roasty rice forward for my tastes
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2011
at 06:16
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Glass, chilled, at Okariba in Kyoto. Fruity, estery citrus nose with koji and some funk. (Yamahai). Yellowish color. Nice citrus flavor with a bit of funkiness. SMooth and silky. Nice stuff. Great with the mountain vegetables and roasted locusts.
Tried
on 15 Dec 2010
at 19:01