7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle pour at Genki (Tokyo), pours a clear blonde, no head. Aroma brings out gentle lychee, a hint of white wine, and booze. Flavour is smooth and less boozy than the Yamahai, with lychee, booze, and a touch of white wine. Lots of lychee and smooth white stone fruit. Really solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2023
at 14:28
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle pour at Genki (Tokyo), pours a cloudy white — looks like milk with chunks. Nose reveals lychee, coconut milk, booze and some white wine. Flavour is milky, with lychee, stone fruit chunks, and white wine. Boozy, lychee-like, and vinous. Interesting stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2023
at 14:25
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle pour at Genki (Tokyo), pours a clear blonde. Nose brings out strong lychee, nice rice notes and a little white wine. Flavour is rich and complex, with white wine, lychee, and soft rice. Boozy in the nicest of ways, with a vinous, lychee finish. Excellent — amongst the nicest sakes I’ve tried.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2023
at 14:18
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Bir toasty rice aroma, funky, apples, vanilla, green apple and pear. Yellowish color. Sour flavor, citrus, green apple, vanilla, husk, brown rice. Very funky, also fresh, fruity, and tangy. Pear and berries in the finish. Lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2023
at 05:10
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cup at Kunitaya. Deep yellow but clear. Yamahai nose, funk, acid, yogurt, rice, a bit fruity. Crisp and funky, rather dry, rice, peach, yogurt. Crisp and nicely drinkable.
Tried
on 13 Sep 2015
at 00:43
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled at Astor Wines. Stemmy wine glass. Clear, but not quite bright.
Besides the expected banana melon esters, there is a somewhat baked, nutty, creamy scent.
Taste is almost savory. Creamy & earthy flavors. A long backend of bitter/rindy fruit & yeast. Warming.
First sake I can straight up say I enjoyed more then just a little.
Thanks to KyotoLefty for taking the time to list this & others. :)
Besides the expected banana melon esters, there is a somewhat baked, nutty, creamy scent.
Taste is almost savory. Creamy & earthy flavors. A long backend of bitter/rindy fruit & yeast. Warming.
First sake I can straight up say I enjoyed more then just a little.
Thanks to KyotoLefty for taking the time to list this & others. :)
Tried
from Can
on 18 Dec 2012
at 23:15