A special junmai sake made from 100% Ishikawa-mon.
Aroma of sweet & sour cream soda.
The taste is firm and sweet with banana and pear. The aftertaste is spicy.
The aroma is a little bit unsettling at the back of the bottle. It disappeared the next day.
Jungin in summer. Made with Kanazawa yeast.
The basic aroma is sweet, but you can also taste acidity like pears.
The acidity adds to the umami. The sweetness stands out, but the acidity is like pears or bananas. The spiciness comes afterwards.
The sweetness becomes stronger when the sake is not yet warm, so it should be well chilled to refresh the palate.
In June, I visited the Okunoto area for the first time since the earthquake.
I went to the Kazuma Sake Brewery in Noto Town. The urban area of Noto Town is relatively back to normal. The major sake breweries seem to have resumed sake production, but it must still be very difficult.
I was looking for sake to drink at the inn, so I found a perfect size of 300 ml. It is a Daiginjo-nama sake limited to the brewery.
The aroma is banana. It has a rich sweetness of bananas and pears, but the alcohol content is 17%, so the aftertaste is quite spicy. It has a refreshing cool sensation because it is alky.
suzuma brewery
Chikuha Jungin
This brewery is located in Noto-cho, Ishikawa Prefecture.
Gohyakumangoku" produced in Noto is 60% polished rice.
Limited edition summer sake brewed with Kanazawa yeast.
It has a gentle sweet aroma, soft rice flavor
The balance between the soft sweet aroma, soft rice flavor, and juicy acidity is well balanced with a refreshingly clean finish.
and juicy acidity, with a refreshing and clean finish.
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Takeba Junmai Shizuku Unfiltered Nama-shu Noto Gohyakumangoku 60% 17% 720ml
My wife bought this sake on a business trip to Kanazawa. Good taste. It is still recorded as 2024, so it must be a little after the Noto earthquake.
It has a sharp gaseous taste. It has a refreshing bitterness. I can also feel the greenness of leafy greens.
It tastes great even after a few days.
A good sake tastes good even when the gas is gone. To be honest, if it has gas and is still fresh, it tends to taste good.
I often hear enthusiasts say that sake has deteriorated after three days, but I think that's simply because they think that gas = good sake.
Truly delicious sake does not deteriorate after three days.
Come to think of it, even a famous izakaya called "Kurokado Yakyu" has a bamboo leaf.
Rating 4.2 (out of 5.0) 20240203
It's been a long time since I received a bamboo leaf and my memory is a little fuzzy, but the upper standing is already turtle-aged 🐢.
Maybe I think so because I know the answer, but it really tastes like it was made by bringing Gohyakumangoku to Nagano 🤔.
There is a bit of fizz 🫧.
It has a calm taste and is rather refreshing.
The lingering astringent and pungent taste is something you don't get with Kamerei: ⚡️
In any case, the taste is quite different from the usual jungin of Gohyakumangoku from Hokuriku (including Niigata, which I am used to drinking), and I wonder if it is the potential of rice from Noto or the result of collaboration with Kamerei...
Three days later
It's the taste of Kamerei after some time 🙂.
Just more sharpness, like the spiciness has increased.
The astringency and bitterness at the end of the day is much stronger ⚡️
We were able to have a precious sake 😌.
It was brewed to support the Noto Peninsula earthquake recovery efforts and is very valuable. It was called for at the end of the meal and was very palatable.
Subdued aroma
Light on the palate, with an immediate sense of rice tang and strong acidity. The aftertaste is light, leaving a pungent, sour, and astringent taste.
Alcohol 15%.
Sake meter degree: Normal
High acidity
Star ⭐️⭐️
1921 2025/6
Takeba Noto Junmai Unfiltered Nama Sake
100% Yamadanishiki from Noto 55
17° 25/1 A+
Kazuma Shuzo, Noto Town, Ishikawa
1800 3960
The wine has a slight brown lees and looks very tasty.
When opened, it has a rich umami that does not disappoint.
It has a rich flavor that does not disappoint when you open the bottle.
Some of the sake that I have liked for a long time are no longer made or no longer available, but I appreciate the fact that it still has the same taste and expression.
