4.1
The juiciness that is typical of unfiltered sake. Elegant sweetness and aroma. The end result is a sake that goes down smoothly and can be drunk without hesitation.
I personally prefer the Hiragana Takachiyo series.
Sake
Unfiltered Nama Sake
Sweet and fruity aroma as soon as it is poured ✨.
Sweetness and acidity precede the slight alcohol and bitterness ✌️
When served with a meal, the acidity wraps everything up 😳
Delicious sake 🤗🤗
Recently, "Maki-ki" (winding machines) have become a common sight in Tokyo 😉.
Fresh aroma like melon 🍈.
Smooth and full of sweetness 🎵.
Sourness starts to appear in the middle and tightens up 👍️
Nice and refreshing aftertaste ✨.
Makiki TSUBASA Unfiltered Nama Sake
Rated 4.4
Ingredients: rice (domestic), rice malted rice (domestic), raw material rice: Yamadanishiki produced in Minamiuonuma, ratio of polished rice to total rice: undisclosed, nihonshudo, acidity: undisclosed, alcohol percentage: 14%, production date: April 2025
Another brand of Niigata Prefecture's Takachidai, Makihata is brewed only with water from the underground streams of Makihata Mountain and local sake rice grown in Minamiuonuma.
The brewery aims for a clean and delicate taste by using micro-bubble-washed "Yamadanishiki" rice produced in Minami-uonuma that has been flat-polished.
It has a refreshing, slightly effervescent taste and a smooth, refreshing texture on the tongue. The aroma is strawberry and lychee-like.
Another brand of Takachiyo Shuzo, Makihata summer sake 😆.
For some reason, I choose this one over the Takachiyo series😅.
Cool and promising label✨.
Low alcohol and refreshing, but fruity and softly spreading flavor 😋.
I think I'll try Takachiyo next time...
I think I'll have to go with Mackay...
In Niigata City.
I had a glass of Makiso by Takachiyo Shuzo, which is more familiar to locals than Takachiyo.
I haven't tasted Takachiyo yet😅.
Alcohol content 15 degrees Celsius
The rice is polished flat and washed with microbubbles, and the flat milling is a method to cut the rice thickness.
I remembered that when I had a Banshu Ikkyo before, it was made with the Shin Gin milled rice.
It seems that the Shin-Gin is a development of Hirabira.
The main thing about this sake is that the aroma is mild and balanced.
It has a delicious rice flavor, and although it is a pure rice sake, it does not have much of a cloying taste, making it quite easy to drink.
The entrée was fried tofu from Tochio. It was thick and satisfying, and it also made the sake taste great 😙.