7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Glass at Jam. This was a 4 year old bottle. Lightly yellow, shiny, oily. Aged, oxidized nose, mizuame, soy sauce, caramel. Rounded and fruity, with mizuame, soy sauce, caramel. Light a crisp for a koshu. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2013
at 00:54
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Yamamoto. Slightly yellow color, oily. Big rice nose, caramel, vanilla, rice candy. Rich and full. Suoer complex falvor. Tart fruits, acid, vanilla, toffee, rice, butter, rice candy. Crazy. Full body. Burning hot alcohol. Very interesting, lovely stuff. Somehow manages to finish dry. Dry and fruity and hot.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2013
at 04:11
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Taster at Jam. Oily, icy looking. Candy-like nose, rice, mizuame, alcohol burn, stewed fruit, light vanilla. Sweet caramel flavor, vanilla, very complex, slightly funky. Excellent.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jul 2013
at 20:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Alcoholic nose with some caramel, nice rice and restrained pefumey ginjoka. Sweet flavor of ripe fruit, a bit of aging (1 year old), smooth full body, good stuff.
Tried
on 29 Apr 2011
at 18:26
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Huge roasted rice aroma-crazy! Smells like a yaki onigiri--a grilled rice ball. Need chopsticks for this? Roasty rice flavor like the burnt okoge when roasted in an iron kettle. Nice sour, funky edge as well. Very original.
Tried
on 29 Apr 2011
at 18:24
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Nose of caramel, rice, umami, full aroma, a bit funky but not much ginjoka. Quite sour in the mouth, sweet as well, fruity, with pineapple, tropical fruits, citrus. Original as hell and great.
Tried
on 29 Apr 2011
at 18:21
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500 ml bottle. Brownish yellow color, rather thick looking. Aroma of caramel, raisins, funk, and rice. Sweet, fruity flavor with a strong sour edge, muscat grapes, raisins, rice, and sweet white wine. Interesting and tasty, though not perfect--a bit too funky and dirty tasting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2010
at 04:56