8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
500 ml bottle from the brewery. Huge, spicy ginjo-ka nose, kloji, cedar, pepper, orange, apple. Clear, icy. Crisp, fruity, spicy and dry. Light and delicate, with apricot, citrus, apple. Lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2019
at 08:12
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
720 ml bottle from the brewery. Pours an icy off-white, slightly yellowish. Nose is lactic, yogurt, rice, light vanilla apple, booze. Tart lactic acid flavor, rice, creamy yogurt, apple. Kimoto I think they said, though it seems more like yamahai. Prickly finish, slightly boozy at 21-22%! Fresh, creamy, great as always, though it can’t really match their properly aged versions.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2019
at 09:31
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
720 ml bottle from the brewery. Nose is fresh and fruity, with orange, melon, pears, plus yogurty yamahai lactic acid and rice. The slightest yellow tint in clear, slightly viscous sake. Bright, rich, creamy flavor just blows you away. Big lactic acid, with yogurt, caramel, toffee notes, rich vanilla rice pudding, and then apples, grapes and alcohol heat. Smooth, silky, oily. By far the best honjozo class sake I have ever had. And probably the best value in Japan at ¥1360 for this 21% sake. Really, really nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2019
at 09:32
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Taster at Kuboshima. Brewing year 2015. Yellow tinted, oily. Looks aged. Shiny. Oxidized nose of perfumed rice and stewed stone fruits. Very dry, with some vanilla, rice, stone fruits. This has become a very dry finishing koshu, basically. Very nice like a dry sherry.
Tried
on 26 Feb 2018
at 23:25
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Glass. Fruity nose, peaches, melon. rich and fruity flavor with a nice balancing tartness. Fresh and rich, with a big, lovely palate. Great.
Tried
on 07 Jan 2018
at 22:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Yamamoto. Funky nose of lactic acid, rice, woody spices, light citrus. Oily with a yellow tint. Woody rice flavor, lots of umami and some lemon. Rich, funky, very old fashioned tasting. A bit stiff compared to their wonderful Yamahai versions.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2017
at 19:42
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at sakagura..
(blue circle round2) . Light yellow.... Soft sweet floral fruit.. Light pineapple nose... Juicy fruits.. Light dry fruits.. Light pineapple... Soft sweet pineapple.. Quite dry
(blue circle round2) . Light yellow.... Soft sweet floral fruit.. Light pineapple nose... Juicy fruits.. Light dry fruits.. Light pineapple... Soft sweet pineapple.. Quite dry
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2017
at 14:43
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle pour at Sakagura. Pale white wine colored pour. Nose is oak and vinous. Tastes of chardonnay, floral, cantaloupe, pancake batter, and rice milk. Thinner bodied and enjoyable especially for style
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2017
at 12:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Many thanks to Erzengel for sharing!
Pours clear dark golden colour. Aroma of sweet grains, rice, riped yellow fruits, very dry. Taste of ripe yellow fruits, quite sweet, strong, rice, alcoholic finish.
Pours clear dark golden colour. Aroma of sweet grains, rice, riped yellow fruits, very dry. Taste of ripe yellow fruits, quite sweet, strong, rice, alcoholic finish.
Tried
on 09 Mar 2017
at 15:51
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle from The Whisky Exchange . Slight amber in colour, the nose is rich and fruity. Peaches and woody sourness. The Saké starts extreme intense and fruity. Very interesting and deep, lots of yellow sweetish fruits, hints of alcohol and fermented peaches, light wood, fruity acidity. The aftertaste is deep and fruity, sticky sweetish with ripe sticky peaches, hard to describe but full-flavoured with a sweetish-dry aftertaste that lasts quite long.
Very interesting sweetish-fruity brew.
Very interesting sweetish-fruity brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2017
at 15:07