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Sake Rankings by Flavor Tag

Introducing sake brands with the strongest impression of "Chocolate" flavor, ranked by the strength of the impression.

# 11

2.89 pt.

Daruma Masamune

Shiraki Tsunehiko Shoten Gifu

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Shaoxing Wine Chocolate Caramelly Caramelized Honey Creamy Sweetness Room Temperature

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A brewery that specializes in aged sake serves sake made for aged sake as undiluted sake. It's been about two years since it was made, so maybe it's been sleeping in the shop? It doesn't have a nigori feeling at all. It has a certain aged feeling, but it's clearly different from the old one. It's not fruity, but it's sweet. It is not fruity but sweet. The sourness is strong and it is like a thick honey. It is sweet, but some people may feel the alcohol in the latter half is pungent.

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The Year of the Rabbit will soon be over, so I decided to open the bottle. Time flies............................................. When the bottle is opened and poured, the aroma is full of bitterness like chocolate. The mouthfeel is surprisingly mellow and rough, and the taste is very chocolaty. The balance between sweet and astringent umami and mildness makes it seem that way, and it is a delicious taste that can only be described as chocolate ✨. It has a unique old sake taste, but I think it is one of the easiest to drink! And the aftertaste is also choco choco choco... 🍫. It was the first time for me to buy and drink it properly, but I guess it is delicious because it is from an old sake brewery! If I see it again, I'll buy it 😌.

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# 12

2.89 pt.

Nishimi Shuzo Hyogo

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Harima is a sake brewed in Akashi and Uozumi. It has a cool taste with a good umami flavor. It is classically well-balanced. It was a truly delicious sake that went down smoothly with the sake cup.

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100% Yamadanishiki from Hyogo Prefecture, with wine yeast. It is said that the name "Sora no Tsuru" comes from a dream of riding a beautiful "crane" soaring in the sky. Wine yeast is great because it makes rice sweet and sour! The top aroma is of grappa and rum raisins. When swirled, it smells of plum. The flavor is very sweet and sour, like plum wine. The color is a pale yellowish hue like lemon pulp, the legs are short and weak.

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It is a sake from Akashi City, Hyogo Prefecture. It is only available directly in the city, and there are only a limited number of stores where you can drink it. I found it at a store selling Hyogo products in Kobe Hankyu in Sannomiya and bought it. How does it taste? It does not have the harshness of the original sake. It has a chocolate-like aroma. It has a rich sweetness, with spiciness and astringency chasing after it. The chocolatey and caramel-like aroma that passes through the nose is delightful. If you let it air a little, it becomes more brightly sweet and fragrant. It is simple, but quite flamboyant. How about if you heat it up? It tastes like chestnuts and is easy to drink! The spiciness that comes out volatilely and the refreshing sweetness that comes in quickly. It has a rich and expressive taste. It is really good. The aftertaste is also refreshing and sharp with a nice sweetness. I think it is especially good when heated. I have now completed a round of the 70-odd breweries in Hyogo Prefecture (and have 300 reports to my name)! It took me two years to complete this feat. It was a long but enjoyable journey. I will continue to enjoy Hyogo sake (and Fukui sake as well) slowly and carefully, and hope to one day become an evangelist for good Hyogo sake...

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# 13

2.88 pt.

Takagaki Shuzo Wakayama

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Umami Chocolate Caramelly Grainy Nutty Complex Creamy Sweetness

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2020/11/06 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A subdued but green apple-like aroma. The mouthfeel is refreshing and smooth. It is followed by a rich sweetness and flavor. Spiciness and acidity are rather subdued. It finishes off nicely with a slight bitterness. It was easier to drink than the ginjo I received before.

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Tonight, I'm posting my second bottle, this one I've been letting go for about 2 years to contrast with the first (Miyazumi Junmai Nigori Nama) 🍶. Actually, I bought it at the same time as the previous Junmai, but when I drank the Junmai, I took it for granted that this was a sake that should be aged for a long time 😪💤 and it has been in the bottle for a long time until now 😌. The aroma is grain-like, or Western liquor-like, or mature aroma, and the smell alone is enough to make you feel drunk. 😵‍💫 I think it's better to drink it at room temperature or warmed than chilled because the initial smell will disappear. Maybe I'll give it a try after tomorrow. It's good to enjoy long-aged sake sometimes. ☺️

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2020/09/20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ In the mouth, it has a unique herbal aroma. It has a caramelized, slightly sweet taste. The flavor of the rice is clean and clear, and the taste of the rice comes across well. The aftertaste is light and crisp. It's a little crooked, but for some reason you can drink it.

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# 14

2.86 pt.

Yukisuzume Shuzo Ehime

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Dry Crisp Chocolate Mellow Acidity Amino Acidity Fruity Nectar

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It is refreshing and very palatable. The mellow taste of the ministry was intoxicating.

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OSAKA SAKE & FOOD EXPO 2024⑧ This is another unknown sake brewery, Yukijaku Sake Brewery. It is made from Yamada-Nishiki with a 38% rice polishing ratio and unfiltered. According to the official website, there are two types of sake: hi-ire and nama, but the one I drank was probably hi-ire. I think it was fruity and quite sweet 🤔. Forgot to take notes💦.

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I thought it was Hibari, but it was Yukijaku. My first sake from Ehime. It's a delicious sake with a fluffy sweetness that spreads to the mouth, and no harshness. I think it's a good sake that will become a rare and delicious sake once its name becomes known. Well, really, all the breweries have delicious sake, and with my vocabulary and expression skills, I can't express the distinction between the sake.

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# 15

2.83 pt.

Takagaki Shuzo Wakayama

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Coffee Caramelly Chocolate

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Sake from a brewery famous for Ryujinmaru. It has been a very long time since Kirakuri. After Shikishima, tkmts-san was drinking Ryujinmaru, and I wanted to try something of Takagaki-san's sake, so I chose Kirakuri. This time it was an unfiltered raw Nakadori. It has a caramelized taste with sweetness and a sense of maturity. It's just a coincidence that there is a succession of sakes with a sense of maturity, such as Washin, Shikishima, and Kirakuri.

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Opened March 3, 2025 Purchased at Matsuo Sake Shop, Wakayama Purchased at a liquor store I was introduced to when I visited Nakano BC Mmmm, cocoa, chocolate 🍫. This 🤣 is very rich! Acid and sweetness! If it's this rich, maybe it can be used for strong flavored food like simmered dishes or meat dishes!

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Location Wakayama Arita-gun Rice type Type of Sake Junmai Ginjo Rice polishing 50%. Alcohol content 19°. Sake Mother Sake degree Acidity Rating（scale 0-3) (Item) Wine glass (Aroma) +2 Steamed rice, Narazuke, (Appearance) Clear (Taste) Clear Body 2 Acid 2 Sweetness 2 Umami 2 Bitterness 2.5 Pungency 2 Lingering Sweetness and bitterness follow, so you don't feel the alcohol is too strong. Impression: Delicious sweetness The attack is relatively sweet due to the alcohol and sugar, but then mysterious astringency and bitterness rush in. It has a nuance like when you bite into the skin of a grape. I felt that it was a sake that chose the drinker, but I enjoyed it because it had a taste that I had never had before.

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Where to Buy

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日本酒喜楽里（きらり）純米吟醸生原酒１８００ｍｌ【高垣酒造】¥4,840

# 16

2.83 pt.

Maihime Shuzo Nagano

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Coffee Chocolate Yogurt Sweetness Sweet and Sour Dry Umami Flamboyant

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At Ya-Ya in Kobe. This is the first time to drink Neko Masamune since it was transferred from the defunct Omi Sake Brewery to Maihime🐱. It has a sweet taste with a slight graininess from the freshness. It tastes a little messy, but it's not that bad, right? Might prefer it to Omi Neko Masamune 🤔. It's quite fruity and has a pungent and alu taste, but maybe it's good? It's sweeter the longer it's been open.

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I was curious about Ishizuchi's Princess, but I saw this one and bought it. It is sweet and sour. This sweet and sour makes me imagine the first love of a certain princess who has feelings for his person in New York....

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waterway 7 Suiro Junmai Ginjyo Miyamanishiki Aragoshi Activated Nigori Nama-shu The label with green letters in the center of the picture. Strong and fine bubbles. The aroma and taste are strong and tantalizing. Not too sweet and not too dry. It would be good if it were named something like "Nantoka". 8 Suiroku Ginjo-shu Super dry The red label of the second photo on the left. It has a cool apple aroma. It has a moderate numbness and sharpness. Slight bitterness. Good dry taste. 9 Shinshu Maihime Junmai Daiginjyo Harasake Miyamanishiki The right side of the picture is marked in red. The rice is polished to 49%, so you would expect it to be light, but it has a very strong flavor. The following will be added or posted separately. 10 Suiro Junmai Ginjo Natural 11 Suiro Junmai Daiginjo Miyamanishiki Nakakumi Nama-shu Polishing 49 12 Shinshu Maaihime Junmai Daiginjo Sakura Kaede Fukuro Shibori Nakadori Genshu 13 Takao no Tengu Junmai Ginjo This is the second SAKE Country Tourism Achievement Giveaway. If you visit 70 breweries in Nagano Prefecture and collect stamps, you will receive 18 bottles, 6 from each of 3 random breweries as prizes. For some reason, we received 7 bottles.

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# 17

2.78 pt.

Takizawa Shuzo Saitama

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Fizzy Tropical Banana Chocolate Rum

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The cup is a gift from Saitama Prefecture, Fuukkachan, a character from Fukaya...cute 😍It's a good sake for a meal 🍶, as it seems to be a honjozo sake....

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Sake and Sake vol.3 ④ We joined Higu and Nanoha and had a great time 😚. You can hear the sound of gas popping every time you pour 😚😚. Shuwa shuwa 🫧🥂. Fruity, sweet and sour with a bit of apricot flavor.

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Souvenirs from Shinshin SY Among several souvenirs, I chose this one intuitively by looking at the label. He brought three four-packs of sake as a souvenir, which is a generous gesture for a business traveler who travels all over the country. I would never have been able to do such a thing with my own pocketbook. When I pour it into the cup, it is more yellow than I expected! Is this a matured type? The aroma is slightly fruity, but has a bitter, mature aroma. The mouthfeel is crisp and dry, with a light sweetness and bitterness, and a moderate umami, but the maturing aroma in the aftertaste is unique. The light sourness and bitterness in the aftertaste are quite a tricky thing to pull off. This strange taste is not one of my favorites, but it is something that makes me want to drink it again. It reminds me of that strange feeling I had in junior high school when I used to prank cigarettes behind my back. It's a treat!

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# 18

2.77 pt.

yamamorisyuzou Aichi

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Caramelized Chocolate Sweetness Fruity Caramelly

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Purchased at Okadaya, Nagoya Rice used is Yume-Ginko from Nagoya This sake has a slightly sweet and robust flavor. It is not so fresh, but has a mildly sharp and clean aftertaste. Overall, it has a calmness that makes it a versatile all-around food sake. This is a good sake for ministry.

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This will also be the first time I have dreamed of a hawk. The first aroma is a modest sweet aroma. In the mouth, it has a rich sweetness like ripe fruit and the umami of rice. It also has a sweet overtone like that of ripe fruit. It is similar to Chochin, but darker and tastier. I love Nagoya's sake.

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The spiciness and richness of the sauce hits the throat in a very good way. It is dry and has a delicious aftertaste that lingers on.

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# 19

2.77 pt.

Bunbuku Shuzo Gunma

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Wine Chocolate Shaoxing Wine Dry Umami Fresh Bitterness Pear

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So-called nutty feeling It was easy to drink even though I am not a fan of old wine.

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The rice used is Maikaze from Tatebayashi. It is a rich, crisp, dry sake.

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Sake from Tatebayashi City, Gunma Prefecture Ingredient rice: Polishing ratio: 60 Sake degree: +2 Acidity: 1.5 Alcohol content: 15.5 Bottle heated once The taste is consistent with the Junmai Ginjo (which we compared 🍶) minus the modernity. The umami is outstanding. (2)Junmai Ginjo (2)Comparison of two Junmai Ginjos from the same brewery. ［Thanks to an encounter with a brewery and a liquor store I frequent.]

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# 20

2.75 pt.

Sudo Honke Ibaraki

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Honey Caramelly Chocolate Penetrating CherryBlossom Floral Subtle

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Purchased at Yokohama Takashimaya Rice used is Kame-no-o type Koshihikari produced in Kasama City The alcohol is a little strong, but the taste is smooth and not like an unfiltered draft. It has a good balance of sweetness and bitterness and is refreshingly clean❣️. There aren't many unfiltered sake that are good all-around food sake, but this one seems to go well with all kinds of food❣️.

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Well, it has a solid rice feeling and no acidity ☺️. I think it's a little light in character, but But I can't help but drink more😋. @Kasama Masuya

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ふくよか系

Where to Buy

酒浪漫うちやま　楽天市場店

郷の誉【純米大吟醸】立春大祭朝しぼり〔生酒〕720ml¥3,410 郷の誉【純米大吟醸】1800ml¥4,224

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