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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.

# 71

2.64 pt.

戸塚酒造 Nagano

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Restrained Crisp Soft Viscous Sweetness CherryBlossom

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Miyamanishiki. The sweetness of the flavor is refreshing. The aftertaste is cohesive.

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Reasonable size of 180ml😋. It's a good sake for drinking only. Take it to a barbecue or camping I think it would be fun to have an outdoor sake party! 👍 Well, it's hard to go outside 😂. It has a fresh taste with a clean and refreshing flavor.

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KANCHIKU Special Junmai (Nagano, Chikumanishiki Shuzo) Purchased at the souvenir corner at Sakuhira Station. The aroma has a sweet nuance of rice malt with a hint of alcohol. The mouthfeel is soft and mild, with umami and spiciness in the middle part of the mouth, but there is a little bit of a cloying taste. The aftertaste is dry and heavy. The impression is classic and robust. Preferred Score: 5.5/10 Aroma: 1.0｜Mouthfeel: 1.0｜Mid palate: 0.5｜Final taste: 1.0｜Price: 2 👩‍🦰 Wife: 7/10 "It's so sweet!

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# 72

2.64 pt.

Oomuraya Shuzojo Shizuoka

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Graceful Crisp Dry Melon-flavored Firm Effortless

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- 惡̀ ♡ 惡́- The 40th anniversary of the release of Women's Cry 2020 A gorgeous and dignified bottle that is sure to be a hit with the ladies. It also goes well with Western food🍴 This is one of my favorite brands of Shizuoka local sake!

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New Year's sake (2) - Women's tears When I went back to my parents' house, my father bought this sake. It seemed to be a recommendation from Aoki Shoten. With all due respect, I had never heard of this sake and it was unknown to me. When I opened the bottle, there was not much aroma. When you put it in your mouth, you can feel the sweetness and gradually start to feel the alcohol, and it ends up being dry. From the naming, you would expect it to be intensely dry. It is easy to drink. There are still many sake that I do not know about, and sake is very deep.

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It is refreshing and yet delicious. It has an aroma of rice and is very tasty. This is the second time I have tasted this sake since I had it last year in Shizuoka. I am currently exploring the izakayas in front of Matsumoto station. But it will cost me a lot, so I'll keep it moderate. A teishoku-ya (set meal restaurant) that we had been curious about near Tai Man's well has moved to the second floor of Moriyoshi. We were able to have a drink at the opening celebration. The accessories decorated inside the restaurant and the waitresses' outfits are cute. But the manager is the cutest of all. You can also drink Gokotsuru. It's a good thing.

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# 73

2.64 pt.

Kubohonke Shuzo Nara

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Umami Hot Temperature Dry Acidity Room Temperature Cooled Sake Sharp Shaoxing Wine

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At home. Nara Sake without permission, 12th stage ~‼️ Kubo Honke, a long-established sake brewery in Uda City, Nara Prefecture ~ ‼️ Hatsukasumi and this Soriryu are famous brands. The baseball club team that my sons took care of when they were in junior high school was located in Uda, and this is a nostalgic place where we used to go every weekend. We used to pass by the brewery we visited this time, but this is the first time we visited there. It is called "Sake Brewery Street," but it is really a quiet street. And the taste of the sake.... There is not much aroma, and although you can feel the alcohol in your mouth, the dryness is not so high and the sake is easy to drink. I imagined it would be a dry sake for the experts because it is from a long-established sake brewery, but to my surprise, it is moderately drunk and has a refreshing taste. It is not flashy, but it is a good sake. ‼️

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#Kyoto Karasuma Takoyakushi#, Kyoto, Japan w river/black/gishi/chou Lastly, a comparison 😅 of Sairyu Yamato from Nara. First, "Special Junmai". It's dry 🤔. It's crisp 🤔.

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#Kyoto Karasuma Takoyakushi#, Kyoto, Japan w river/black/gishi/chou Next, "Junmai" by Sairyu Yamato 🤔🤔Dry and crisp... It's wicked to do a drinking comparison at the end 😆. My taste buds are drunk😅. Well, tomorrow is Sendai👍!

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# 74

2.62 pt.

Eigashima Shuzo Hyogo

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Yogurt Acidity Warm Sake Umami Rich Flamboyant

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. . a little dry and delicious! ☆3.5

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I was in Akashi on a business trip 🚄 First time I got off at Nishi-Akashi and had local sake heated with Akashiyaki 🐙 which I haven't had in a super long time.　It feels spicy at first but the sweetness comes later 😯 Surprisingly, I like it a lot 😊. I'll drink it again when I go back to Akashi 😁.

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. A little dry going in, but a little sweet on the aftertaste! It was quite tasty! ✩3.5

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# 75

2.62 pt.

Shirasasa Tsuzumi

Kanei Shuzoten Kanagawa

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Orange Umami Firm

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. Rice polishing ratio: 55 Flavor is more refreshing than umami ✩4.0

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This is also a gift Sake from Kanagawa Prefecture. It's easier to drink than I expected. It's good as a midday drink.

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I chose this sake from among all the sake breweries in Kanagawa displayed in the large refrigerator at the Kanagawa brewery. It had a refreshing taste.

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# 76

2.61 pt.

Asahi Shuzo Shimane

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Room Temperature Hot Temperature Acidity Umami Dry Firm Shaoxing Wine Sweetness

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Koji ratio 39 A challenge product brewed for the depth of fermentation and the possibility of a wide range of flavors. I don't know the details. It has a unique sweetness and acidity more than kijoshu. It is difficult to taste and understand, but I enjoy drinking it.

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Comparison of different BYs. Last year's muddy sake was bananas as rumored. We will continue to check out the challenge sake of the Ten Rising Sun.

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Duck is chunky 💓😍💓 and pay a visit to Inari-san🐺.

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# 77

2.61 pt.

Ookura Honke Nara

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Fizzy Yogurt Acidity Caramelly Youthful Shaoxing Wine Sweetness Firm

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I'm late to the party, but I'll be there❣️. This is a lightly nigorized version of another brand of Nara Kashiba's famous sake "Okura", Kinko❗️. I'm not sure what to make of it. I love the sizzling, crisp, refreshing taste of the active nigori 😆. I like both Okura and Kintsugi because they have their own unique 🥰 I'd like to enjoy it again soon ( ˊ̱˂˂ˋ̱ )

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Lightly nigori sounds good✨. But surprise, surprise! It's slightly spicy, yellowish, dry, and richly dark😳! This brewery, Okura in Nara, has a unique personality🎵.

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I was wondering if I should post this as it was given to me at a tasting, but as a record. Not knowing the date the bottle was opened, it is difficult to judge, but the characteristics are a texture that you can feel the core of the rice, dryness, and an acidity that is assertive throughout. It said it was mizu-hashiroshi brewed, but I wonder if this acidity is a feature. The best thing was that I met a sake with a strong impact and that the proprietress remembered my name ✌️.

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# 78

2.61 pt.

Funaki Shuzo Fukui

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Smoky Dry Light Bitterness

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Tasted here also at Hankyu Department Store. Junmai Ginjo-shu made with Kuzuryu. It is a refreshingly dry sake, but has a sweet and fruity taste. This time I bought a bottle of unfiltered raw sake made with Jinryoku.

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Tasted at Umeda Hankyu Department Store. The rice was said to be Gohyakumangoku. The quality of the sake is clean and refreshing for hiyaoroshi. It is easy to drink without a sense of maturity. As the person in charge said, it is a quiet type of sake, so I think it is suitable for a mealtime drink.

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It looks like all of them use locally grown rice, as did the two types of Kitanosho I posted the other day. It seems that only Ryu-ryoku and Koko use Jinryoku all the time. I'm sure there are other places like Okura that use it for single use. When I tasted it, my impression was that it was quite sweet and the second half was heavy, but it was smoky and the flavor of the rice came through with a bang. It has a strong bitterness at the end. It is not the type of sake I would drink on its own, so I will have to wait and see. I don't think it should be chilled too much. If you like Shimane or Tottori area sake, this would be good for you. I think it has a quality of sake that would not be affected by letting it sit for a while. There are glimpses of sweetness and a fruity atmosphere, but I wonder if it's basically more of a classic. Is it a multi-faceted, multi-personality sake?

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# 79

2.60 pt.

Niida Honke Fukushima

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Warm Sake Room Temperature Hot Temperature Umami Acidity

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Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture. Niida Honke.

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The balance between clean and tasty is great 😁.

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With sushi 🍣.

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# 80

2.59 pt.

Taruhei Shuzo Yamagata

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Dry Traditional Cooled Sake Acidity Nutty Warm Sake Umami Room Temperature

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Just a reminder 🙏. This is the second cup at the third "Douka" 🍶. This is also very dry (+7). It's a bit peculiar, but it's like a good old-fashioned sake for adults 🤗.

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Yamabuki color, firm cedar barrel aroma and rich flavor. The opposite of a fruity sake. This is what sake is all about. It was a wonderful sake that I never got tired of drinking.

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Where to Buy

虎ノ門升本

住吉特別純米酒極辛口＋7 銀 720ml¥1,740 [樽平酒造] 住吉銀極辛口 +7 特別純米酒 1800ml¥3,420

Where to Buy

木川屋山形の地酒専門店

[樽平酒造] 住吉銀極辛口 +7 特別純米酒 1800ml¥3,420

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