Yamazan Junmai Ginjo Yamae Nishiki Gowari Gobu Sparkling 720ml
Rice: Yamae-Nishiki 100% Nagano grown in Japan
Rice polishing ratio: 55
Alcohol content: 15%.
We brought this from Shimizuya in the summer. Last year's bottle was a crown, but this year it is a screw cap. I was worried about opening the bottle, but it was just a light push. It was a little disappointing. I was worried about whether it would be a bit shrieky, but when I poured it into the glass, it was very fine.
I can only say that it is not too dry and has a lingering taste.
I had it with the second day of NEW ENGI.
Well, today I am off to Takada in Joetsu City to participate in the Echigo-Kenshin SAKE Festival 🍶.
Preferred ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆
It was a day when we wanted to drink it with a meal, but the already-opened Omine was too sweet, so we decided to open another bottle of Yamasan.
It seems that our usual liquor store has recently started to carry it, and I was delighted when I found this one in the store.
It has a chili sensation on the tip of the tongue, a soft sweetness, and a slight citrus peel-like bitterness in the aftertaste. The overall impression is cohesive and refined. Despite its elegant flavor, it is light and easy to drink, making it a good toast.
I had put it on my shopping list for Novy after reading your review 😁 but it was sold out at a few liquor stores 😢 I was about to give up for this season 😩 when I was looking at the fridge at a liquor store a little further away....
What? There was only 2 bottles left, but I got it in a hurry ‼️
I was going to drink it 😅at first, but then I saw on Sakewa that it was Sake Day, so I decided to open a bottle of Yamasan Spark that I had been keeping in the fridge 🤗! I've been in sakewa for 5 years now.
I've been drinking sake for 5 years now and every year I forget about "Sake Day" 😓.
I'll make love to you now ♬The expectations are high as it's poured into a Riedel glass 😊.
The aroma is fresh and citrusy 😌.
The first sip of this wine is a bit of a surprise, and the flavor spreads to a fresh acidity! The bitter taste is then released 😋.
In the Sake-no-wa report, Ymdaz said that the balance was improved by letting it sit for a day, and Kotaro also said that he felt a Mori🧐-like flavor.
We too were like, "Should we stop and put a lid on it now?"
"Hmm? I'm drinking it now, so it's the last one. ⁉️"
Yes~. J&N can't adjust their drinking speed 😆.
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 🌇.
What a coincidence, we opened a bottle of the same today 😆.
It's so good it's hard to drink too much 😅.
It doesn't stop at all!
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 🌇You are missing a word in your review...
Please add a note that these chestnuts are from Ibaraki Prefecture❗️❤️
Even if they are not from Ibaraki, please add that they are from Ibaraki: ❤️
Good evening Jay & Nobby 🌝.
I like Yamazan ✨
I'm sad that there are no liquor stores in my neighborhood that carry it 🥺.
I totally understand the habit of drinking too much gassy alcohol!
I find myself with empty liquor bottles lying around 😂.
Good evening, Jay & Nobby😄!
Yamasan Sparkling, it's hard to stop in the middle 😆 Bubbles bubbles 🫧 are so gobby! I wonder if this is dry for both of you 💦 I'll have to wait until you're a bit more mature 🤣.
Good evening, Jay & Nobby 🌛I thought it was a nice Yamasan, but I didn't know it was sparkling 😳🤤But a dry sparkling 😅It's as siblingly as the label suggests: ✨️
Good evening Jay & Nobby 😃.
I tried to stop and it was almost gone 😁Yamasan😁 must be delicious😍It was worth the trip to the liquor store! Saito Sake Shop, you're so close to Nasu, you had to go far!
Jay & Nobby Good evening😄I'm curious about the Yamasan Sparkling! Even Yamasan is delicious, but sparkling? It was worth finding it far away, wasn't it? And I'm glad you noticed the sake day.
Good evening, Jay & Nobby😃.
We haven't had the pleasure of meeting you in Yamasan 🥲.
It's so special when you can stretch your legs and GET it ✨.
I also rush to pick up the brand I want 😁.
Good morning, Jay & Nobby 😀
I have yet to try Yamazan's sparkling wine, so I am very interested in it😇.
This year, they have a new distributor in Kansai, so this is one bottle I definitely want to bring to you 😇.
Good morning, Jay & Nobby! I also learned about Sake Day for the first time this year - lol!
I've never encountered Yamazan-san yet, so I'm really looking forward to drinking it! Fruity acidity and umami, I like it ✨.
Hi Jay & Nobby, ☀️
Oh ✨Great to get a ras2 😆 Fresher to dry as you said, it will go well with your 📷 meal 🤤.
Sorry to say that every time you get the Yamasan 🌳🌳 🤣 it's unstoppable deliciousness 👍.
I was so happy to beat Brazil that I also opened a bottle of Yamazan!
Yamazan has a light, fruity image, but this one made with Kinmon-nishiki is quite robust.
I was a bit surprised by its low center of gravity and dense atmosphere.
Nevertheless, the fact that this sake does not tire one's palate is a true testament to its quality.
It is a dangerous one that can be enjoyed with strong-flavored snacks for a long time!
Postscript
After a night of drinking, the fruity atmosphere that is typical of Yamazan came out!
I'm the type of person who likes to eat my favorite foods in the second half of the year, so I left the Yamae Nishiki🌾 out of the two Yamasan 2-year aged varieties.
If I have fun, I'll open it.
The aroma is rummy, grapefruit, and softly sweet malted rice?
Chilli shuwa when you include it! The rice is sweet and rich, with a sizzling acidity that ends with a slight bitterness.
Mellow, calm, roundness and chili freshness coexist...amazing!
Delicious even after a few days.
Fluffy sweetness and light bitterness - clean and tight. Come to think of it, it may not have the same Mori🌳 feeling (?) that I always get from Yamazan's Yamae Nishiki. I always feel that the forest🌳feeling(?) that I always feel in Yamazan🌳 Nishiki is not so much.
The unaged version is the same, but the Hitogokochi is a bit more sharp and bitter. Yamae Nishiki is softer and fluffier and sweeter.
Both were delicious✨.
Good evening, Kotaro 😃.
I'm the type of person who leaves the quail eggs and kikurage mushrooms until the last 😅.
Yamasan-san is always good anyway, whether it's the first or the last one 🤗.
Hi Jay & Nobby, ☀️ quail eggs and kikurage mushrooms, I know 🤣 I'd love to have them last 😋.
It really was a delicious Yamazan after all, first or last ☺️ Thank goodness for brands that don't deviate too much from our tastes no matter what we drink 🙌
I wanted to drink a nigori type sake for the first time in a while, so I opened a bottle of Yamazan's light nigori 😀.
This Usu-Nigori is a really thin nigori😇
There was no automatic stirring and I was able to take the supernatant and the mixture properly, but it doesn't look much different 🤣.
But the taste was quite different and surprising 🤣.
The supernatant sake has a strong umami and fruity taste, but the mixed sake has a more complex umami taste and tastes even better 😀.
In my opinion, Shinshu Kamerei is still my favorite Nagano sake, but Yamasan and Mikotsuru are competing for the second and third place.
Sake from Shinshu is really delicious after all 😀.
Good evening, bouken!
When several new Yamazan dealers opened in Kansai, Shirakikuya also started dealing with them😇.
I always walk there from Hankyu Sojiji Temple🤣.
Good evening, Yasube!
I'm very interested in this nigori sake because many of the reviews seem to be very tasty 🎵.
I haven't had the nigori from Yamazan yet, so I'd love to try it if the timing is right 🤤.
Sake from Shinshu is really delicious 😋.
Good morning, ma-ki-san!
Yamazan was one of the hard-to-find sake in Kansai, but thanks to the new distributors in Kyoto and Osaka Takatsuki, it is now available if you try hard enough 😇.
speculative spirit
Sweet and sour and refreshing. Slightly fizzy. Chemically fruity aroma. Aroma of steamed rice. Very clean aftertaste.
Goes well with soba! As expected of a buckwheat noodle shop selection.
Sake at Soba Restaurant because Matsumoto Soba Festival was canceled.
This is a restaurant in front of Matsumoto station where you can enjoy delicious soba and sake. This sake is on the night menu, but when we asked, they served it for lunch as well. Thank you very much for your time.
The chef's T-shirt was open at night.
We had a bottle of Junmai Ginjo Yamadanishiki Unfiltered Nama-shu from Yamazan.
It is one of my favorite brands from Nagano Prefecture these days. Not only do I love the taste, but I also really like the design and coloring of the label. I like sake labels so much that I take pictures of all the sake I have ever purchased and then peel off the labels and file them away, so the label design is important enough to influence my decision to buy or not buy sake.
To be honest, there are many times when the taste of the sake I buy is not what I expected, but Yamazan is one of those rare cases where I like both the design and the taste of the sake to the highest level.
This Junmai Ginjo Yamadanishiki Unfiltered Unrefined Nama-shu has a sweet, fruity flavor with apple nuances typical of Nagano Prefecture, and the freshness of the sake can be enjoyed only with nama-shu.
Not only is it sweet, but it also has a nice crispness due to the alcohol taste that quickly passes through the nose and the bitterness of the aftertaste.
We still have a few bottles of Yamazan in stock with different labels, so we will enjoy them one by one.
Cheers to another day at Yamazan!
As I thought, the light nigorigo is also quite tasty. Kinmon-nishiki is also good, but this one is easier to drink!
The pear-like taste is also good!
one's wife (sometimes esp. a nagging wife)
This is the first time I have had Yamasan, which I was curious about. The label is simple and cool with a sense of Kumiko.
When the Kanai family, the founders of the company, started their business, it was rooted in the community as "Yamasan Shoten" dealing in rice, miso, sake, etc. The name of the brewery was also changed to "Yamasan Sake Brewery" as it is.
The brewery stopped brewing its own sake around 2015, but it is now closed due to aging facilities and aging brewers. 
However, sake brewing resumed in February 2023. Started out on a small scale (about 60 koku). 
There appears to have been considerable investment in equipment, with a refrigeration facility, temperature-controlled tanks, and a re-equipped koji room listed.
Good evening, Mr. Kawada Research! I am always learning from you. I did not know that it is called Kumiko. Indeed! It's even more atmospheric when you look at it that way ✨.
Good evening, Mr. Shikatarou! Thank you very much. I like the minimalist design and the fact that it is easy to recognize from a distance. I hope it will become popular.
I chose "Yamazan" tonight as I really wanted to recommend it to the wife... but the word "light nigori" made her take about two steps back 💦she couldn't open the bottle by herself, so I opened it tonight😅.
I was a bit nervous about it because I remember a previous bottle of Usunigori that didn't fit our family at all... but she didn't trust me when I said "this one is fine ❗️ recommended" and so I opened it tonight😅.
The first word on opening the bottle was...
I thought "I told you this might be good ⁉️" 😒...
But then I tried it and it was "Delicious😍"... I told you so ❗️
I had this while having this troublesome exchange 😅.
The fruity aroma and clean taste made me empty the bottle at once💦.
I'm sure your wife shared the same feeling 😅.
Good evening, Mr. Baum😄.
Good for you! Your wife has become a light nigori lover👍.
I love Yamazan's light nigori too ❣️
Next time you recommend Yamazan's 💚 and 🩷 label light nigori to your wife 🥰.
Good morning, HinaHanaMama 😊This was one of those bottles that wiped away the nightmares of not drinking and the past 😊.
He also kept saying 'delicious' and was looking forward to your next company, I would love to bring you 💚 and 🩷😍.
Hi Baum 😃
I'm sure you're right, Mr. Yamasan 😋 but it's still nice to hear that you like it 🤗In our case, it often happens that we don't know it and notice the nigori in the middle of the process 😅.
Good evening, Mr. Baum.
I love your choice of sake with your wife in mind✨
The Yamasan Light Nigori has had many good reviews, so it's definitely one of the best 😋.
I'm glad your wife was pleased and that you were able to get rid of the nigori nightmare 🤗.
Hi ma-ki-, 😊It was a great way to overcome nigori 🥰I was relieved to hear the word 'delicious' even though I thought it was obvious 😅.
Thanks to you, I feel like I have to bring you other sake rice as well 💦.
