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.
Jow (8309) reviewed Tengumai Black Sake from Shata Shuzo Co., Ltd. 10 years ago
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.
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.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Sample @ SBWF 12. Light yellow colour. Rice, fruit aroma. Fruity rice, alcohol flavour.
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
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.