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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

3.01 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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# 32

3.01 pt.

Bunbuku Shuzo Gunma

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Shaoxing Wine Wine Chocolate Pear Umami Dry Bitterness Fresh

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☀️ I haven't seen a lot of minutefuku for a while now 👀. I'll take it for the first time in a while 😋. It has a slight yellow tinge 🟡. Sticky sweetness like plum wine 😚. The ginjo aroma is also clearly detectable. Despite its yellow appearance, it has a modern finish😎😎. It was a well-balanced sweetness that could add sweetness and umami to dishes 🤗.

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Score: 3.5 Rice polishing ratio: 40 Sake rice: Yamadanishiki Alcohol content: 18%. Aroma: rice crackers, brown rice, slight hints of Japanese pear and malted rice. It has a sweet, mild and thick taste, but it does not have a strong sense of maturity. Alcohol is added.

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Bifuku Organic Rice Yamadanishiki Junmai Daiginjo-shu, 1 time heat-fermented Rated 4.4-4.5 Sake meter: +4, Acidity: 1.3, Rice: Yamadanishiki, Polishing ratio: 50 An unfiltered, unpasteurized sake brewed by hand from organically grown Yamadanishiki and heated in a bottle. It has a gorgeous aroma and elegant, full flavor. Warmed (55°C), it has a soft touch of umami and is naturally delicious.

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# 33

2.98 pt.

Kiyotsuru Shuzo Osaka

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Fresh Chocolate Candy Shaoxing Wine 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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# 34

2.97 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

# 35

2.97 pt.

Kuze Shuzoten Ishikawa

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Shaoxing Wine Stiff Chilled Dry

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( -̀ᴗ-́ ) ̖́-🍶🍶🍶🍶 Sake Marche 2023 Part 2 We had sake from Kuze Sake Brewery, the closest sake brewery to my parents' house 😋. Amber-colored Daiginjo ✨with a rich rice flavor😊It's a traditional sake 😚👍It has a robust flavor, but the aftertaste disappears quickly😇. I felt like it was a sake to be enjoyed by itself and sipped slowly 🥳.

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GW in Kanazawa! At the Kanazawa Sake Brewery in Kanazawa Station, we came across a dream machine that allowed us to sample sake for 100 or 300 yen (P.S.) Naturally, we took the challenge. The description said it was dry, but I prefer raw sake, so I chose this one. I tasted it thinking it might be a fruity type, but it was a clear dry sake that would go well with sashimi and other dishes. I appreciate free tastings, but I feel somewhat guilty about it, so this kind of reasonably priced tasting is very helpful and encourages me to try different kinds. I tasted three other types of sake here, and all of them seemed dry to me. I have an image that Ishikawa's sake is basically dry.

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I drank Choseomai at KITTE the other day, but this is my first time at Notoji. I didn't know there was a variety of rice called Chosei Mai😅 I thought it was a brand name like Niida rice. I heard that the rice grown in the Chousei area of Chiba is also called Chousei rice, which is a bit confusing 🙄. It has a golden color. Or maybe a little light brown😅. Smells like Shaoxing wine. It smells like aged sake, but it tastes beautiful and a little sweet. Better than the Chousei Mai I had the other day 😋. It's a bit of a mystery how it's aged so well even though it doesn't say it's an aged sake on the official website or on the liquor store's website 🤔.

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# 36

2.97 pt.

Asahi Shuzo Shimane

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Caramelly Shaoxing Wine Hot Temperature Umami

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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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Serve it cold. It has a mellow, mirin-like aroma of rice. When you drink it, it has a mellow flavor like chocolate with a hint of Western wine. It has been matured and its corners have been removed, It has a robust flavor that is typical of the sake. Full-bodied. It is delicious. Goes well with rich pâté de campagne. Taste 4.5/5

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(1) Warmed sake because of the cold weather. The sweetness of the acidity spreads softly as the sake is heated up, just like the Cross Rising Sun.

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# 37

2.96 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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It was served warm. It was refreshing, but at the same time had a delicious rice flavor. Sweet ★☆☆☆☆☆Dry Rich ★☆☆☆☆ light Strong aroma ★☆☆☆☆Weak aroma Bitterness ★☆☆☆☆☆☆Bitter Acidity Recommendation ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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# 38

2.93 pt.

Kikuzakari Shuzo Iwate

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Acidity Shaoxing Wine Umami Piercing Glue-like Hot Temperature Creamy Dry

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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

# 39

2.89 pt.

Shimada Shuzo Ehime

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My first Ehime sake! 🍊 The company remembered that I told them I had yet to try Ehime sake, so they bought some for me 😭(I'm so glad). They said it goes well with fish, so we got some sushi and had dinner 🍣. Looking at the chart of Sake-no-wa, I thought it wouldn't be too palatable, but sure enough, I don't think I like the taste very much. It has a clear, refreshing taste with almost no off-flavors, but the umami flavor slowly spreads in the aftertaste. It is dry.... It certainly goes well with fish. It's not my favorite, but I was so surprised that he bought it for me that I was able to work warmly all day today.

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One of the most classic tastes I've had this year. Rich and dry.

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I had to work today. After work, I went to a liquor store in Morinomiya to pick up some sake. I found a bottle of Pure Black that I wanted to try, so I bought another bottle! Once again, the cellar was overflowing! After that, I met up with my wife and we went to our favorite yakitori restaurant! The first drink at our favorite yakitori restaurant was our first brewery, Shimada Shuzo's Kofuji! This time it was a Daiginjo! This is the first time I've seen this sake, so I'm looking forward to it! Let's have it right away! First, the aroma. It has a refreshing aroma. The first impression on the palate is that it has a beautiful mouthfeel. It has a smooth, slightly sweet, slightly bitter, slightly fruity, and slightly salty taste without any stimulation. This is the first time I have tasted Kofuji, and it is a very gentle and beautiful sake! The third picture is the sake we brought today!

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# 40

2.89 pt.

Sakaroku Shuzo Ehime

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Too clear (good)

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Ichigokudan Dogo Onsen

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