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Sake Rankings by Flavor Tag

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

# 31

3.04 pt.

Bunbuku Shuzo Gunma

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Shaoxing Wine Wine Chocolate Dry Umami Bitterness Fresh Pear

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Bought this sake while at the Gunma Marathon! It's dark and full of umami! The owner is right, it goes well with warmed sake. It has just the right amount of bitterness and acidity.

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Old wine of 20 years old from the Bunfuku Brewery (^^) This is already a high-class Shaoxing wine! Warmed sake is also good🙆

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#761 Gunma Sake

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# 32

3.03 pt.

Kiyotsuru Shuzo Osaka

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Fresh Chocolate Shaoxing Wine Candy Striking

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The rice used is Gohyakumangoku and Nihonbare. If I had to describe it in one word, I would say it's "Omnivorous Japanese Sake Partridge". It has an old-fashioned flavor and an aged feeling like a hiyaoroshi. Spicy and sweet in equal measure, with a long finish. It's a sake that should be served warm. By the way, it's "Hiyaoroshi", but it's shipped all year round.

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I learned of the existence of this sake through non non's post. It was a little difficult to go there because you can only buy it at the direct sales place which is open only on weekdays.... It was a nice homey sake brewery 😊. It was limited to 100 bottles and they were the last 3 bottles. It's shwashy, sweet and sour. It may be a daiginjo, but it doesn't taste like yamahai and is easy to drink.

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Jwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasty Junmai😋💕Lever Sashi ❤️ I'll definitely come back when I visit Takatsuki or soon ❤️

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# 33

3.02 pt.

梅津の生酛

Umezu Shuzo Tottori

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Cooled Sake Shaoxing Wine Caramelized Hot Temperature Glue-like Yogurt Room Temperature Acidity

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Dry and sharp. Sharpness that is typical of Tamaei. Great umami!

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I had it before and liked it so much I got it again 😆. BBQ, corn, edamame, cucumbers... perfect for summer 😁. I like to drink it with soda since it is 20 degrees. And if you mix it with Wilson lemon, it becomes refreshing and easy to drink ✨. It came in handy in the summer when I wanted to drink very much ☺️

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Purchased because of the 60% milled rice ratio and 20 alcohol by volume. I wanted to drink it on the rocks on the day the rainy season ended, so I opened the bottle. ☀️ I paired it with frozen Genghis Khan that I brought back from Tono. It's well separated, so I shook it lightly before putting it in ice 🧊. It's less lactic than I thought it would be, and it's very spicy and thick, but it's cold and refreshing and delicious 🤤. I like this kind of sketchy in a good way. My brain feels good🤩. Definitely this for Genghis Khan 😭

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# 34

3.00 pt.

Asahi Shuzo Shimane

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Caramelly Shaoxing Wine Hot Temperature

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. Sake rice: Sakonishiki (produced in Shimane Prefecture) Rice polishing ratio: 55 Sake Degree: +7.5 Yeast : Shimane K-1 At "Duck and Obanzai Udono" in West Station, Toyohashi At "Duck and Obanzai Udono" in West Station, Toyohashi So-so dry sake ✩3.5

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First Crossed Rising Sun I bought it at a local liquor store. It is a refreshing sake, but you can feel the sweetness of the rice. It is a draft sake, but if you warm it up to about 35℃, it quickly changes to a softer atmosphere. Personally, I think I like it better when it is warmed up. A small wine glass goes well with it when served cold.

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Junmai Ginjo🍶Namaishu✨Origarami🫧Otsumi🐍Matsumai🌾 from Shimane Prefecture. Surprisingly light 😳 Unlike the image of Shimane sake, this is a refreshing ✨thin calpis soda. Flows smoothly with a bit of richness of fried tofu with crab starchy sauce. Umi to @Takadanobaba 20250206

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# 35

2.99 pt.

榎酒造 Hiroshima

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Fizzy Shaoxing Wine Acidity Sweetness Creamy Melon-flavored Invigorating Umami

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This is the Ageha no Mai Junmai Sake Gin no Sato. It is a sweet and delicious sake with a mild fruity aroma and a refreshing taste.

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The smell is slightly alcoholic, with a hint of grapes when stirred. Taste is thick and juicy on the tongue, and the fruitiness quickly fades from the rice flavor, leaving a bitter aftertaste. The bitterness lingers for a long time. It is as if it is expressing the feeling of drinking the wine with the sound of "chiri-chiri-chiri-kuchi-kuchi-soon. There is no gassy feeling. Delicious with yatsuhashi.

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Next was a Hiroshima sake called HANAHATO. It is a junmai ginjo made from 100% Senbon-Nishiki. The label is a rabbit, the Chinese zodiac sign for the New Year. Actually, this and the next brand were given to me by another business partner. We met next to each other at a meeting, drank together at the dinner table, talked about sake, and had a great time. We are also regular customers of Gin no Sake Kibune, and we receive items purchased from there every time we visit. m(_ _)m The taste is soft and sweet. The taste is soft sweetness with a hint of umami on top. It is a beautiful tasting food sake. Everyone drank it with smiling faces. It was delicious! (^O^)

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Where to Buy

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華鳩　鳳の舞【あげはのまい】萌えいぶき　純米吟醸　無濾過生原酒　720ml　広島県　呉市　音戸¥1,650 季節限定　華鳩　貴醸酒　生にごり　5BY 500ml　日本酒　広島　呉市　音戸　榎酒造¥1,705

# 36

2.97 pt.

Kenbishi Shuzo Hyogo

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Hot Temperature Caramelly Shaoxing Wine Umami Room Temperature Traditional Creamy Steady

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Lactic acidity, ripe aroma. Sweet mature feeling in the mouth, marron, unrefined sugar, caramel, mellow to cohesive, pleasant alcohol after going to the back of the tongue. Does the bitterness come? Does the alcohol taste come? And it ends up without either of them asserting themselves. I wonder if the advanced Kembishi is even more impressive. The bottle looks shining after drinking. The flavor spreads out very well when it is warmed. The umami stimulates the tongue and the bitterness is mellow. Delicious. tongue-tied

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Rich, umami taste. Slightly golden color. When served cold, it has a mellow flavor as if you were eating rice. When heated, it has a soft and soft flavor. Sake that can be drunk without snacks. I like this sake.

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How to drink:Room temperature Aroma: This is the first time I have smelled it. It is very difficult to describe, but it smells more like shochu than sake. Taste: Dry. It tastes sweet for a moment when swallowed, but it does not linger in the mouth. I think it is one of the driest sake I have ever tasted.

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# 37

2.94 pt.

Kikuzakari Shuzo Iwate

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Acidity Umami Shaoxing Wine Glue-like Piercing Creamy Dry Vigorous

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Tonight, our first series of impactful jackets here 💁. It's Taxi Driver🚕🚕🚕🚕. It was shipped from the brewery in April this year, but what a H30BY (R0BY) and it's a 5 year aged sake 😆. The aroma of old sake, which also smells like Shaoxing wine, is in full swing from the moment the bottle is opened 🤣. It was served cold, but it is easy to drink because of its acidity. It would be good to drink it warmed up in the fall. ☺️ I wonder if it would go well with Chinese food since it has a Shaoxing sake-like flavor, and I'm going to research how to drink it based on other sakewa reviewers 💪. But it's a very intoxicating drink so I'll stop after one cup 😓.

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First drink. Weak fruity feeling that I didn't imagine from the label that has impact. But it is also full. There is a miscellaneous taste (my personal feeling) like the Yamahai brewing style with low rice polishing, but it is a moderate level, so I feel it is unique. It has just the right amount of sweetness to satisfy my preference for sweetness. I enjoyed it with a plate of delicious sashimi (´ω).

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#Akasaka-mitsuke# I entered the second restaurant. This is a restaurant that was not there a few months ago. I wanted to try a drink from here at least once. Let's have it 😚. Slightly spicy? It has a little bit of a tune. I see 🤔 it tastes like this.

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Where to Buy

酒専門店　知多繁　楽天市場店

タクシードライバー　純米生原酒　1.8L【岩手県北上市　喜久盛酒造】¥3,352

# 38

2.90 pt.

Sakaroku Shuzo Ehime

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Strong and Clear

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愛媛旅行⑤

# 39

2.90 pt.

Yoshimurahideo Shoten Wakayama

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Acidity Umami Shaoxing Wine Room Temperature Firm Dry Neat Invigorating

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Not much aroma...old-fashioned mellow umami-kuchi...it's a food sake 🍶 like the local Mukho Masamune or Teisho🌲...it's a sake that is only possible with snacks 🍶...the bitter aftertaste may bother you a little? I think the bitterness of the aftertaste is a little bit bothersome...classical...this is good...I think the hurdle is too high...I'm having it with fried Mexicali...little by little...with snacks...

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I wish you the best of luck with this one. 🍶🍶🍶🍶 This is my second time at Kurumizaka. This time I bought Jun Dai. I noticed after I bought it that it was manufactured in 2017.3 and shipped in 2020.9. ？？？？？ The first day I opened the bottle, I thought it had an unusual taste. The flavor and acidity are amplified. On the second day, the flavor and acidity are amplified and it seems to change with temperature. It's so good! 😋

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Forgotten things of summer. Kishu Tamakae, Yamahai Kurumazaka. Is the complex acidity in the Noto Toji style? The lingering taste is refreshing and perfect for summer.

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Where to Buy

酒浪漫うちやま　楽天市場店

車坂【純米酒】山廃〔生原酒】1800ml¥3,080

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佐野屋〜日本酒・ワイン通販専門店

車坂　純米酒¥1,155 車坂　魚に合う吟醸酒¥1,155

# 40

2.90 pt.

Hashimoto Shuzo Ishikawa

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@Osawa of Sake Rice used is unknown Not fruity at all. It is not light and dry, and has aged well. The taste is a mellow type with a strong umami. The aftertaste is surprisingly refreshing for a Daiginjo. It is what is called "the sake of sake.

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I stopped by Hashimoto Sake Brewery on my way to Yamanaka Onsen last year. The store is a bit like a museum, and you can learn a lot from the easy-to-understand explanations about the rice polishing ratio and the process of making sake. I was not able to taste the sake because I was the handle keeper, but the president recommended a lot of sake and my family was getting drunk (sweat). I drank it cold, but it was still dry. When I heated it up, it became soft, mellow, and easy to drink. The color is quite amber, so the polish may be shallow. Personally, I think drinking it at room temperature or hot is the right way to go. I like to drink sweet sake cold, but I'm starting to think it would be nice to drink dry sake hot ( ˘ω˘ ).

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It was delicious!

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