I can't stop loving the mountains 🖤.
What a surprise!
The last of the 2024BY was waiting for us before the new sake!
(The liquor store said the next one is new sake.
I'm sure this time 😅)
Hitogokochi 50% polished, 15% alcohol by volume
This is my first Hitogokochi Jun Dai!
The black label was a nice finishing touch.
The sound when the bottle is opened is mf and bhush bhush ♫
I like this feeling even when it's fire-aged!
Microbubbles when poured into a glass.
The top aroma is citrus 🍋 with a little honey apple 🍎.
Drinking.
Fresh piquancy and acidity with a slight effervescence.
The aroma gives a good impression: ❗️
The sweetness and umami immediately after opening the bottle are moderate.
The refreshing part is Yamazan style. ☺️
The bitterness in the last part is really Hitokochi-like.
The proof of Yamazan love that started with drinking outside
2024BY including 2022 vintage
14 bottles for drinking at home‼️
We drank almost all of them ✨✌️
Post-birthday celebration, a small restaurant in Joetsu City ④.
Yamasan, often seen at Sawa-no-wa!
I wanted to drink this.
I thought it might be modern and unfiltered, but it was the first sake brewed with Yamae-Nishiki, so I gulped it down with a curious look on my face.
This... A sense of minerality!
If you want to call it modern, it is modern, but if you want to cite it, it is a type of sake like Kaze no Mori or something like that, which is characterized by that kind of complexity.
It is quite an interesting and delicious sake.
I would like to try other Yamazan and also sake brewed with Yamae Nishiki.
... Shinshu Kamerei, for example. (Laughs)
Hatsuyuki Light Nigori 2 years aged from Yamazan, my favorite.
This is my first brand.
It was a sake that I found irresistibly delicious, with a firm pear-like sweetness that greatly exceeded the sweetness associated with the gentle ginjo aroma, a slight gassy feeling, and a slight bitterness that left a gentle aftertaste before disappearing.
Although the variety may vary, I would be happy to drink this light nigori sake every evening.
Purchased at Sake-no-Osaka-ya.
Thanks to my wife who always makes a nice selection.
Yamasan finally came to our house 😊.
I pre-ordered it from the online store of Yajima Sake Shop, which I've been a frequent customer of lately✨.
I couldn't find any nearby liquor stores, and there were no distributors in the Kyushu area 😅.
Well, as for the taste, the top aroma is calm and sweet, like banana.
To be honest, I couldn't really tell what the overtone was, but I would say it was a slightly fruity sweet aroma 🤔.
There was a slightly medium gasiness, with a strong sourness and bitterness.
The sweetness is not as much as I expected, and the flavor seems to increase slightly from the mid-palate.
Overall, I had the impression that it was a little heavy, and I thought that the acidity and bitterness were its characteristics!
Well, there is no doubt that it is delicious, but if you ask me if it is my favorite, I don't think so...(ω・ω・`)
I wonder if another kind or raw sake would be a little different 🤔.
Good evening, Chirsta!
I would like to say congratulations on your first Yamasan, but it was a bit subtle 🥺 quite disappointing 😥I would have definitely started with Usunigori. Next time I'll try the Sanke Nishiki Usunigori🩷 label👍.
Good evening, HinaHanaMama🌝.
I feel like I drank in the wrong order 🥺.
I feel like I suddenly went from the oddball Black Jack to the best of the best 😅.
I remember the light nigori🩷 label of Sanke Nishiki!
Good evening, Cheestar!
Since the revival of "Yamazan", its popularity and sales channels have been expanding rapidly, so I have a feeling that more and more stores will start selling it in Kyushu.
I also drank "Hitogokochi" myself and thought, "What? I drank another one and was hooked!
Hi Gyve 😃
I'm still itching to get a deal somewhere soon because it's exploding in popularity right now 🙏.
I see 🤔 I should have done a little more research before ordering 😅
I've been waiting for the bullet train at Ueda station on my way back from harvesting rice as a sake rice owner in the terraced rice paddies of Inakura, Kakawari-tai 🎵 Delicious 🎵 Yuki Kurihara, the toji, brilliant!
Slightly effervescent, with a strong acidity and a slight sense of rice in the acidity. The sweetness is also felt within the acidity. It is refreshing and easy to drink, but I would like to see more rice flavor.
☆☆☆☆☆
Yamazan is so good, isn't it?
Gentle acidity, clean sweetness.
This may be my first pure Daiyamazo, but it's delicious!
It's not so much that it's good with food as it is that it's just plain good!
But it's not that it doesn't go well with food either.
It is exquisite!
Yamazan is delicious!
Today's sake was a Junmai Daiginjo by Yamazan 😀 It is hi-ire, but it was fresh and tasty with a raw feel 😀.
It was fire-aged, but it was a delicious sake with a freshness that made me feel it was still raw 😀.
I felt it was in the same vein as Velvet from Motomine Tsuru, which we compared and it didn't feel out of place when we drank them side by side 🤣.
Well, we are not good with taste, so maybe we just couldn't feel it well 😀.
But anyway, this Yamazan Junmai Daiginjo was also a very tasty sake😇.
And of course, Velvet from Kibotsu Tsuru 🤣.
Good evening Yasube, I've never had a pure Dai Speck🤤Kinmon Nishiki sake from Yamazou, so I'm very curious ✨I guess I'll have to expand my sake activities to get one 💨.
Good morning, Yasube!
I had this one from Yamasan the other day and it is delicious 😋.
I also saw Kifotsuru at Takashimaya in Minami the other day, so I'd like to go shopping there again 🤗.
Hi Nao888 😀
I'm addicted to Nagano sake, so I'm walking around in search of Yamazan, Kamerei and Gokotsuru 🤣.
You can buy them if you walk 15 minutes from Hankyu Sojiji 😀.
Hi Hiro 😀
Originally, Dewa Sanzan is a child of Nagano's sake rice Miyamanishiki, so it might have something in common with Nagano's sake 🤣.
Fresh is good even if it's fire-brewed 🙆♂️
Hello, ma-ki-San 😀
It was fun to compare Yamasan and Kifotsuru 😇
Both of them have a strong umami flavor up front with a sweetness that is not cloying, so they are very similar in direction😇.
Yamazo Junmai Ginjo Kinmon Nishiki Gowari Gobun Unfiltered Harajuku Hi-iri 720ml
Ingredients : Kinmonnishiki
Rice polishing ratio : 55
Alcohol content : 15
It is a light and fruity sake with a slight acidity and a slight bitterness.
Actually, I thought I had opened a bottle of Hitogokochi, which I served on Saturday, but I just looked at the picture and realized I had opened a bottle of Kinmon-Nishiki 😅.
I've been overloading my fridge so much that I can't manage it properly😭.
I'll just have to try my best to reduce my inventory 🤔.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto⚾️ you did it 🏆.
Dodgers won again 🎉!
㊗️Yamamoto is the MVP!
Even his teammates shouted their praise 📣!
Yoshi❗️Yamamamojo❗️
Yama~❗️Yamasan~❗️
So, I bought some yesterday.
Cheers 🥂🤣 to Yamasan!
I didn't buy it because I wanted to make a pun 🤭.
It's because there was no Yamamoto (Akita Prefecture) 😅
(still ・・・・😆)
I've had a bottle of Nama Sake before.
This one is hi-iru 🥂.
It is soft and light with sweetness, fruitiness and bitterness.
Light-bodied and perfect for a mealtime drink 🍾.
Hitogokochi 100%, Polishing ratio 50%.
15% alcohol by volume
Light ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Brilliant⭐️⭐️
Sweetness⭐️⭐️✨
Bitterness⭐️⭐️
Acidity⭐️⭐️
Kick⭐️⭐️⭐️
Likability⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The 3 solo HR's by Muncy, Rojas and Smith in the finals to win the game is also amazing 👍 truly a miracle😭❗️
(Oh, da again 😝)
Ace, nice to meet you🤲Good evening😃Congratulations on the Dodgers back-to-back championships and Yoshinobu Yamamoto's success㊗️ 🤜✨🤛The ㊗️ cup from San San is also wonderful😍I would have gotten it too had I imagined his success to this point😆💦I look forward to making love to you again next year!
Ace, good morning 😃.
Yamamorrow! Great job ‼️ this is going to increase your sales even more Yama 🤗.
Next year I'll have to prepare 🦏sake🍶 for the 🦏Cy Young Award🏆😊.
Good evening, catpunchS〆M🎶!
Yamamoto had a great game 👍It's fun to watch sports and drink 🥂Next time I'll get into the spirit of Samurai JAPAN 🇯🇵 📣Well, maybe I just want to get into the spirit of something and drink 🤣.
Good evening, Jay and Nobby 🎶.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto⚾️3 wins is too much 😭
Thanks to him, Yamamoto🍶(Akita Prefecture) is going to increase sales too😊Cy Young Award🏆Post season is not appreciated, right? I hope he wins it this year if possible 😊.
Clean, crisp, dry taste
Slight gas feeling after opening the bottle is pleasant.
As you drink it, you can gradually feel the full flavor of the rice. It is easy to match with meals, and the stewed rice balls and firefly squid with ginger and soy sauce are the best for the first evening drink in November!
