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Sake Rankings by Flavor Tag
Introducing sake brands with the strongest impression of "Balanced" flavor, ranked by the strength of the impression.
# 91
3.37 pt.
Kawanakajima Genbu
Shusenkurano
Nagano
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Umami
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Fruity
Creamy
Juicy
Balanced
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It has been a long time since I have had a Genmai. The aroma is slightly fruity, the mouthfeel is sweet and bitter, and the taste is sharp! Enjoying the delicious taste of Miyamanishiki....... I am enjoying it with my favorite sashimi of kibinago and isobe-age firefly squid......................
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Smells of grapes and oil clay. The wine has a pungent, thick, pungent, sweet and sour taste that is refreshing and pleasant to drink. The juiceiness, saliva-like flavor, and bitterness. Powerful. It is delicious! It does not become watery in the middle. A delicious sake that makes you want to eat a meal.
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The first touch is a gentle mouthfeel, with a hint of sweetness and flavor. You can feel the slight sweetness and deliciousness. All of the Genmai are dusty 😙.
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# 92
3.35 pt.
Tatenokawa
Tatenokawa Shuzo
Yamagata
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Yogurt
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Neat
This is the first one of the year! Slightly fruity rice aroma: .... The aroma is slightly fruity and the taste is a little sweet, but then it's sharp! It's great for drinking while eating.
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I wish I could have been there 🍶🍶🍶🍶 This is the first time I've ever tried TATENOKAWA's Tobikiri Noushikomi 😙. The first time I opened the bottle, I was energetic and swooned😍 When I drank it, it tasted like swoon or Tatenogawa. It was a delicious sake. I love it 😀 .
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Junmai Daiginjo with a 50% rice polishing ratio. In the refreshing sweetness. with a hint of bitterness. It has a refreshing aroma. The alcohol content is 15 degrees and it is a little light. It is suitable for sipping.
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Where to Buy
お酒の専門店 『松仙』
Amazon
楯野川
楯の川酒造
子宝
鳥海山麓ヨーグルト
1800ml
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山形県
リキュール]
¥3,410
楯野川
純米大吟醸
美しき渓流
1800ml
[日本酒
山形県]
¥3,850
# 93
3.35 pt.
Tenryo
Tenryo Shuzo
Gifu
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Lingering
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Ginfuki is produced in Shiga Prefecture The second bottle of Makuake limited edition It's elegant, easy to drink, and goes down easily. It's not just smooth, it's full of sweetness and flavor❣️. The acidity is well balanced. It has a great potential to be a great sake.
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Rice used is Hida Hidahomare from Hida Almost no sense of maturity To put it simply A light, dry sake with umami. I would say it is a light, dry sake with a great umami flavor. It is good as a food sake! It was a great match with grilled fish.
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Tenryo, which I ordered at a meal on my trip. It was a freshly brewed and stored Honjozo brewed with Hidahomare. I usually don't drink Hidahomare, Honjozo, or Nama-Seizou, so I thought it would be a good opportunity to drink it. The color was crystal with a slight yellow tinge. The aroma is quite mild, with mineral and earthy notes. When you drink it, it has a slightly fruity overtone. Next comes a sense of minerality and a hint of sweetness. There is also a slight white ball-like feeling. The acidity is smart and not too assertive. Bitterness appears a little at the end. The lingering aftertaste is pale and slowly fades away with the bitterness. As is typical of honjozo, it has the sake-like flavor that is generally imagined by those who do not normally drink sake, but it is a food sake with a fruity character that is typical of freshly stored sake. It's meant to be served at ryokans, as it goes perfectly with fish, vegetables, and other Japanese dishes! I've been drinking a lot of sake that can be drunk on its own, so I'm very satisfied with my first "food sake" in a long time! It may not be a hit with those who only accept easy-to-understand sake, but for those who like dry sake, or those who want to enjoy a marriage between sake and food, or to complement food, this is a naturally delicious sake.
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# 94
3.35 pt.
Gakki Masamune
Ookidaikichi Honten
Fukushima
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Muscat
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To end the day, the chairman gave us 🍶💕. It was very delicious 🥰. I always think I forget to eat it😅 A small bowl of food, two slices of sashimi, two slices of tuna, one piece of fried fish... I think the last time I had this was after a few drinks 🐾.
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(*´ω*)🍶🍶🍶🍶 We got the blue label of the Instrument Masamune. Just as good as the yellow-green label ✨🙌. I think it's the strongest sake in the Cospa ✨🙌✨.
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Today I had a bottle of Musical Instrument Masamune 😀. The aroma is slightly sweet 🤔The taste is a bit fizzy in the mouth 😊First comes a gentle sweetness, then a firm umami, and the aftertaste is refreshing 🥰Instrumental Masamune is a delicious sake 🤩.
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Where to Buy
はせがわ酒店
Rakuten
楽器正宗
本醸造
無濾過中取り
720ml
日本酒
大木代吉本店
福島県
¥1,380
楽器正宗
本醸造
無濾過中取り
1800ml
日本酒
大木代吉本店
福島県
¥2,500
# 95
3.34 pt.
宮寒梅
Kanbai Shuzo
Miyagi
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(*''艸3`)🍶🍶🍶🍶 We had our first Miyaganbai 😋. After opening the bottle, the gorgeous aroma spreads quickly😊In the mouth, it is gorgeously fruity, with a beautiful rice flavor and sweetness 🥰The aftertaste is refreshing and sharp 😚. It's my first time to drink it, but it's a beautiful sake that never makes me tired of drinking, and it's a delicious sake that keeps me going 🥳👍.
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Refreshing, refreshing, fruity🌸🍶✨ I enjoy it very much(^-^)/
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At home. My first Miyakanme ministry. I've always been curious about it since it was introduced on the Izakaya Shinkansen that I saw on TV. I was waiting for my first encounter with it because it was often posted on Sake-no-wa, and I finally found it at a liquor store on my trip to Japan. The aroma is grain-like, and in the mouth it is smooth, with a little sweetness and sourness, followed immediately by a crisp dryness, and finally a light bitterness that finishes it off. It was neither too sweet nor too dry. I would like to enjoy it on the second day and beyond.
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Where to Buy
酒の甫坂
Amazon
宮寒梅
純米吟醸
720ml
¥1,790
宮寒梅
純米吟醸
1800ml
¥2,998
# 96
3.34 pt.
Kota
Hakurei Shuzo
Kyoto
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Juicy
Crisp
Dry
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We had this at Kuriya Sake Bar. It's a great place to stop by if you want to enjoy the real Hakata. If you're looking for a place to enjoy the real Hakata, this is the place to stop by... I don't know what the drinks tasted like, but they were refreshing.
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Buy at Hakurei Sake Brewery, Miyazu City, 1,760 yen
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Purchased at Hakurei Sake Brewery, Miyazu, Kyoto, 1,573 yen, tasted, purchased, and drank after returning home.
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# 97
3.34 pt.
Kagami
Oota Shuzo
Mie
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Young
Flamboyant
Fresh
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Melon-flavored
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Invigorating
There are only two sake rice study groups left. I've been posting them chippy-chippy, so my notes and my memory are no longer connected. But there is no doubt that they were delicious. The ninth bottle was Kami no Ho from Mie Prefecture. The first bottle was a Saku no Kami no Hoho, which got me hooked on sake rice, but it tasted completely different. The aroma is banana, I guess. It has a slightly sweet taste with a refreshing dryness from the microbubbles. It goes on and on... a never-ending type of sake. The next post should be the last in this study of sake rice.
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Special Junmai Nigori Nama-zake🍶Kami-no-ho🌾 from Mie Prefecture. Seme smell, fresh✨, a little schwag. Sour and spicy. Mustardy 🙄 according to my wife. When paired with the koji-marinated squid (🦑), it takes the edge off and cozies up to you. The power of koji is amazing 😆. Looks like a new brand to be born in spring 2023. Umi to @ Takadanobaba 20230503
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☆☆☆☆☆ It has sourness and a little bit of miscellaneous taste or bitterness, then comes the sweetness or umami of nigori. It has a bitter, youthful taste that goes well with spring wild vegetables. The sweetness that comes afterwards is also youthful.
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# 98
3.34 pt.
盛典
Okada Honke
Hyogo
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Peachy
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Strawberry
Corner shop at the mysterious cheese shop (2) Since the corner drinking at this restaurant is self-serve, we discovered an unopened bottle of Moridori when searching the refrigerator! I entrusted it to Mr. Nemuchi, a professional corker 😁. I drank a lot of dry sake at an off-line meeting the other day and I'm in the mode that I can drink some dry sake, right? I'm in a mode that some things are dry, so I drank it. It's definitely dry, but it's delicious with a nice sweetness and gasiness 😁.
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I think it was a collaboration of several sake breweries in Hyogo Prefecture.
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Purchased at a liquor store specializing in Hyogo sake with mofu. There were many people drinking sake in the store and the atmosphere was bizarre. When I asked the store staff if it was an event, he told me that they were people who had come from Ozeki's brewery open at a nearby store. The smell of squid filled the air, and the waiter said he was sorry for the smell 🤣. This sake is brewed with salvia yeast collected by students at an agricultural high school. It is slightly effervescent and has a unique flavor. Sweet but cosmetic like no other aroma. A little nutty in the second half. I thought it was a little peculiar. After 3 days, a little bit of rum raisin taste. Definitely tastier than freshly opened 😋.
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# 99
3.33 pt.
Kohryu
Takachiyo Shuzo
Niigata
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Melon-flavored
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Tonight, here's another favorite brand 💁. Takachidai Takagami Aoban 2023BY It's been a long time since I've had a sake with alcohol, and while all Takagusuku's are delicious, this Aoban is the first one in my house 🙌 They also released a four-pack bottle this season, which I'm very thankful for ☺️ Now, from the aroma, there is a fresh fruity aroma of muscat and lychee, and the mouthfeel has a pleasant balance of fruity sweetness and acidity 😊 It is very tasty with a softness and lightness that does not make you feel like it is alsodeye 😋😋😋😋😋😋.
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Ai" is a seasonal fresh version of "Shu". No nigori, fruity aroma. It is dry, but has a light sweetness, bitterness, and a good balance of alcohol when swallowed. Although it is alky, it is an easy-drinking, good-cost sake.
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. It is light but has a slightly sweet taste and is not monotonous. It's low alcohol, easy to drink, and perfect for a mealtime drink. 👍️ Perfect with grilled oysters and scallops👌.
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# 100
3.33 pt.
Tenkanishiki
福持酒造場
Mie
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Raisin
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For the record Sake I drank when I went to Mie after all this time
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After drinking Shikishima about a month ago, I became interested in Fukumochi Sake Brewery (Tenga Nishiki) who helped me with Shikishima Sake Brewery! I looked up where they sold it and was surprised to find a special distributor near me 😲. I ended up buying three different kinds! It's like a muscat with a standing aroma! The first sip gives the impression of being rich, but the mouthfeel is clear. I didn't taste much sweetness. The rich taste is followed by the umami of the rice, which is also heavy and robust. There is a slight alcohol aftertaste. The bitterness is also moderate~! If I have a chance, I'd like to try the raw sake.
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This is my first time drinking Tenka Nishiki ✨This is delicious 😋It has a gentle sweetness, a good amount of gas, a moderate aroma, a subtle bitterness in the second half, and a nice sharpness👍. Today I had a seafood bowl with spring sea urchin from Okhotsk, scallops from Eruption Bay, and Miyagi Miyagi salmon! Ahhhh, delicious! ‼️
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