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Sake Rankings by Flavor Tag

Introducing sake brands with the strongest impression of "Rich and Gentle" flavor, ranked by the strength of the impression.

# 71

3.48 pt.

Kumaya Shuzo Okayama

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Fruity Umami Sharp Sweetness Rich Coffee

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Omachi rice + Hakuto yeast used Junmai sake produced by the TAKEO 20 Project, a collaboration of agriculture, commerce, industry, and university students, using specially cultivated Omachi rice from Tatebe-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama City. The label looks modern! This one is definitely fruity 😆. Fruity sweet and sour Light and easy to drink Hiruzen style yakisoba noodles and umaumaumauma 🐎. I bought a lot of kamaboko at Sakaiminato because they are easy to carry and store 🐟. The crab has a very interesting shape and I can't stop smiling just looking at it 🦀 🦀 🦀 🦀. I found out about it thanks to the Kenmin Show program 😁.

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ISHICHI Junmai Ginjo Asahimai Made with water from the headwaters of the Takahashi River Unfiltered unpasteurized sake Price: 1,345 yen (tax included) October 06, 2022 Purchased at Tenmanya Kurashiki I bought this bottle on a business trip to Okayama. This is my first bottle of "Ishichi" Asahi rice, one of the brands that got me into the sake swamp. It has a nutty, savory, full-bodied flavor with a strong impression of rice sweetness rather than a fruity sweetness 🤤. I knew it! Great cosmetics too 😆.

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Ishichi Omachi 60 Special Junmai Unfiltered unpasteurized sake Price: 1,452 yen (tax included) Oct. 21, 2021 Purchased at Sakabayashi, a local sake specialty store I bought this bottle on a business trip to Okayama🤗Part1 One of the brands that made me fall into the sake swamp, "Ishichi". It's my first time to try a special junmai 😳. It has a mild aroma, but when you drink it, you can feel the sweetness and the umami. It's a great sake with a great price 😆.

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# 72

3.48 pt.

板野酒造場 Okayama

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Yesterday we went to Bicchu Matsuyama and Kibi Tsu! We were worried about rain, but it was really fortuitous that it shifted and we saw some sunshine. The view over the magnificent stone walls and town at the top of the mountain was exceptional ✨. Then we visited the Kibitsu Shrine, with its long corridor and historic appearance. The long corridor and historic appearance of the Kibitsu Shrine that we visited afterwards was truly heartwarming 🍑. After exploring, we crossed the Seto Inland Sea and drank a glass of Kibi-shu 🍶. When you open the bottle, you will find a deep aroma of nuts and chestnuts. The mouthfeel is slippery and dry. It is full-bodied with a punch of acidity and astringency, as well as a full-bodied rice flavor. It has a presence like nuts and bitter chocolate. However, the stimulation of the hot, acidic, and astringent taste tightens it up like a whip, and it has a good salty taste with a firm edge!

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Feels more muscat-like. Freshness feeling.

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Tastes like muscat. Lightly dry.

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# 73

3.47 pt.

山路酒造 Shiga

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At the tasting. It was explained to me that it was dry. It is certainly dry, but it has a gentle spiciness. It has a mild mouthfeel. I bought Junmai Ginjo Shiboritate after comparing the drinks.

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I bought it two years ago when I visited the brewery in the fall. Somehow I lost the chance to drink it and had it in the back of my refrigerator. This sake is made mainly from glutinous rice and is treated as a liqueur because it contains mulberry leaves and cinnamon. My personal first impression was that it reminded me of Yomeishu, the sake that my father used to drink when I was a child and I was allowed to lick a drop of it. The slight sweetness and medicinal aroma of mulberry and cinnabar is refreshing and easy to drink when mixed with lemon soda water

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The aroma is good as well as the flavor. Too bad I spilled it 😢.

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# 74

3.47 pt.

上田酒造 Nara

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Umami Creamy Acidity Dry Firm Sweetness Yogurt Lychee

Kicho 1

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One cup of "Ureshicho" in Ikoma City, Nara Prefecture. The acidity of this sake is classic. Paired with fried potatoes, a souvenir from my wife and son's trip to Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture.

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Purchased at Umeda Department Store. (Hankyu or Hanshin) One of seven breweries in Nara Prefecture that belong to the Nara Prefecture Bodai-Hashimoto Sake Research Association. See label on back. Rich, mouthfeel It is a sweet type, but the far and spreading umami and bitterness It was delicious and matched well with food. It became mellow and mild when heated to lukewarm and I could enjoy it with ease 😁. I am interested in the history of sake only when I taste Bodaihashi.

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It is a set of 5 cups of Kinki local sake 😁. It is a gift from an acquaintance 🍶. It is 📌180ml ¥Unknown 🌈1/5th cup 🌈 Here's the rice 🍶. Start with room temperature 💕 Not much aroma 💕 The color is beautiful💕 You can feel the sweetness of the rice on the palate, but you can also taste the umami 💕Yumai 💕 Then I tried heating it up to lukewarm💕 The aroma has more sweetness💕 When warmed up to lukewarm, it tastes more pungent than sweet💕. It's also interesting to taste the different flavors 👍 Today's pairing is pot-au-feu 😋. It's a great pairing 👍 I wanted to try the cold sake but it ran out quickly 🍶thanks to a friend👍

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# 75

3.47 pt.

Sentoo Shuzojo Kochi

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Mishio Junmai Ginjo Omachi 100% Omachi produced in Okayama Prefecture Polishing ratio 50%. Alcohol content 15-16%. Sake meter degree +2, acidity 1.8 (reference) Fat 5/7, opened 5/23 I wanted to drink a dry sake from Kochi and was attracted by the label that looked like a pattern of playing cards I used to have at my parents' house 🤣. The brand "Bishio" is a new brand that started in 2014. It is one of the Junmai Ginjo series that is based on the concept of "elegant sweetness reminiscent of honey" and is part of a trilogy that includes "Kitashizuku", "Gin no Yume", and "Omachi". The aroma is almost imperceptible after opening the bottle. In the mouth, it has a fruity, fruity aroma and flavor, but at the same time, the alcohol is very strong. The acidity is moderate and not harsh. The acidity is not too strong, but it's more spicy and tingling than the number 😅. I tried to drink it after 4 days, which is unusual for me, but although the mouthfeel got better, the strong alcohol feeling didn't go away. The aftertaste is light, so it would be classified as light-dry. It's like a Tosa sake in that respect 😊. Unfortunately, it didn't suit me and was disappointing 😅. Oh! Maybe I should have tried heating it up 🤔.

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Just the right amount of sweetness and flavor. I had never seen "Mishio" before.

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A beautiful sweetness spreads in the mouth. After that, it's dry, to say the least. I like this sweetness. It is not persistent. 88 points Sweetness: 3.4 Acidity: 2.4 Dryness:3 Hinted aroma:3.1

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# 76

3.45 pt.

Kinran Shuzo Yamagata

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Round, mellow, sweet and delicious 🍶. Easy to drink✨🌸 We enjoy it very much.

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The bitterness is strong, but the sweetness before that is good. The bitterness makes it refreshing and summery. It is good. Good luck to Kinzoku and Oriten.

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. Sake rice: Sake Mirai Rice polishing ratio: 47 At "Duck and Obanzai Udono" in West Station, Toyohashi Duck and Obanzai Udono" at Toyohashi Nishi Station Mellow, gentle and subtle sweetness and acidity! 4.0 stars

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# 77

3.44 pt.

Hayashi Shuzo Gifu

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I received it again this year from a friend. I drank it on the rocks. It was a little dry and tasted more like old-fashioned sake than recent sake.

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I received this sake from a friend and drank it at room temperature. I drank it at room temperature, and on the second day it became mellower and easier to drink. It is like a traditional sake.

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Lounge at Narita Airport. 2nd kind. It has a refreshing acidity. It also has a sweetness that is typical of Junmai Daiginjo.

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Where to Buy

酒の番人　ヤマカワ

美濃天狗純米大吟醸 720ml/ 岐阜県可児市林酒造【 4112 】【日本酒】【敬老の日贈り物ギフトプレゼント】¥2,230 美濃天狗本醸造 1.8L / 岐阜県可児市林酒造【 87 】【日本酒】【敬老の日贈り物ギフトプレゼント】¥2,288

# 78

3.44 pt.

Azumanofumoto Sake Brewery Yamagata

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CherryBlossom Sweetness Crisp Apple Fruity Bitterness

Tenkyu 1

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Refreshing, mellow, fruity olive oil Sweet and delicious✨. I'm enjoying it (^-^)/.

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. Rice polishing ratio: 55 Sake brewed by Higashinoroku Shuzo, which brews "Higashinoroku"! Fairly sweet! Rather refreshing! 4.0

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Souvenirs from junior staff Sweet! Pleasant sweetness on the nose along with moderate alcohol. No sourness or bitterness. Easy to drink!

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Where to Buy

木川屋山形の地酒専門店

天弓純米大吟醸翠雨(すいう) 限定品 1800ml¥3,850

# 79

3.44 pt.

守屋酒造 Chiba

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I bought it at the Kasumi Sosa store of the supermarket. To put it bluntly, it is a label purchase (laugh). Opened at room temperature, taste is so-called "umakuchi dry"? It seems to emphasize the sake-like quality more than the light dry sake. It is supposed to be junmai sake, but it seemed to have the atmosphere of a honjozo sake that contains brewing alcohol. Could it be related to the long-term aging on the label? I opened the package and put it in the refrigerator. I will try to see the difference from room temperature later.

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Clear, fruity, easy to drink

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My favorite peculiarity of what feels peculiar in the mouthfeel. I like this flavor 😋. It's a bit classical, though.

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# 80

3.43 pt.

Kyowa Shuzo Ehime

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Acidity Umami Orange Sweetness Tropical Neat Fruity Firm

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January 5, 2024 Banquet at home. Drinking sake with my sister who is back home. The bottle was opened. The bottle was Hatsuyukibai Orikigarami Ehime Iku Junmai Ehime Iku Junmai, unfiltered raw sake. It is the first of Hatsuyukibai's new sake The first in Hatsuyukibai's new sake ORIGAMI series. Water, rice, and yeast, It is brewed entirely in Ehime. The aroma is yogurt-like. is yogurt-like. The first aroma is yogurt-like. and a lychee-like flavor. The taste of lychee spreads with the freshness of new sake. The sake has a sake degree of -11.5, but it is but it is juicy, sweet, and bitter. It is juicy, sweet, and bitter, and is easy to drink. It has the same specs but with a different yeast (-11.5). The same specs but with a different yeast (Ehime Sakurahime Yeast TYPE-2). Ehime Sakurahime yeast TYPE-2) with the same It tastes like pineapple and tropical. It tastes pineapple-like and tropical. The taste is pineapple-like and tropical. I can't believe that the yeast can make a difference in taste. I enjoyed it with sukiyaki and jakoten on the same day. I enjoyed it with sukiyaki and jakoten (fish cake). I enjoyed it with sukiyaki and jakoten.

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Fruity and sweet. Juicy. It has a pineapple and tropical taste. I like the simple label with the lot number.

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June 3, 2023 At Japanese Sake Satou in Matsuyama, Japan. I took a new employee to my favorite restaurant to drink sake. The first cup was Hatsuyukibai Orikagara The first sake was Hatsuyukibai Orihigara Ehime Ikume Junmai (ES-2) unfiltered raw sake. The first cup is Hatsuyukibai ORIGRASHI The first cup is Hatsuyukibai ORIGARUMI Ehime Ikume Junmai (ES-2), an unfiltered, unpasteurized sake. Ehime Sakurahime Yeast" is a flower yeast for sake isolated from "Sakurahime," a flower of Ehime Prefecture's original variety. It is brewed with Ehime Sakurahime yeast, which is a flower yeast for sake isolated from the "Sakurahime" flower, Ehime Prefecture's original variety. It has a very tropical, pineapple-like flavor. It has a very tropical pineapple-like flavor, but has a clean, crisp, beautiful sake quality. It has a very tropical pineapple-like taste, but is clean and crisp. It was the best of all the sake we drank that day. The appetizers were sweet sweet ayu fish with The sweet sweet ayu fish and the white meat fish and Nanbanzuke (pickled white meat fish). and white fish.

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