Super Spicy Junmai
Heated Sake Contest Gold Award
Delicious at room temperature (chilled) as it is this time of year. It's refreshing and light.
When heated up, it has the qualities of junmai. Good acidity and rice flavor. The aftertaste is refreshing.
Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture Limited edition
Echigo Toji's 50th year pure rice sake
A full-bodied taste typical of junmai sake.
Soft sweetness. There is almost no acidity.
Ofuku Sake Brewery is the originator of the fast brewing method.
Wakatakeya Junmai Hiyadoroshi
Tanushimaru-cho, Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Sake rice: Yume Ikkyo
The aroma is full of alcohol.
The taste of rice is directly conveyed in the mouth.
The alcohol also comes on strong.
Room temperature.
Kuromatsu Shinsen
Kuromatsu Shinsen
Azuma Sake Brewery Co.
Noda-cho, Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture
Rice (domestic), Rice Koji (domestic)
Polishing ratio 60
Alcohol 15
The aroma has a sake-like flavor. It is dry on the palate and has no sake-like character.
It lacks the richness and umami characteristic of junmai sake.
Taku Hiraku
Kato Sake Brewery
Sawane Tankoya-cho, Sado City, Niigata Prefecture
All rice produced on Sado Island
Polishing ratio 60
Alcohol 16%.
Fruity like muscat.
Sake that is in fashion these days.
It is better to drink it in a wine glass to enhance the aroma.
Taku Hiraku
Kato Sake Brewery
Sawane Tankoya-cho, Sado City, Niigata Prefecture
All rice produced on Sado Island
Polishing ratio 60
Alcohol 16%.
Fruity like muscat.
Sake that is in fashion these days.
It is better to drink it in a wine glass to enhance the aroma.
Yoshinogawa Minamo Nakakumi Junmai Daiginjo Genshu
Rice (Niigata Prefecture), Rice Koji (Niigata Prefecture)
Rice polishing ratio 40
Alcohol 17%.
Made with Niigata S-9 yeast
Yoshinogawa Corporation
Setaya, Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture
It has a thick texture. It is thick when poured.
The aroma and taste of wood are prominent.
The alcohol content is high, but you don't feel it.
After the sweet taste, the aroma of wood and alcohol leaves the nose.
Tedorigawa Yamahai Honjozo
Dry Yamahai +6
Yoshida Sake Brewery
Yasuyoshi-cho, Hakusan City, Ishikawa Prefecture
This is a dry sake that makes you feel as if you are drinking it dry.
The first mouthful is soft and sweet.
The first mouthful is soft, with a hint of sweetness, and the taste of plump rice.
The aroma is lactic acid.
The acidity is not so strong. Sweetness and acidity like doburoku.
Kirakucho Junmai Ginjo
Spring Shibori
Kita Shuzo Co.
Rice (domestic), rice malt (domestic)
Rice polishing ratio 55
Alcohol 15%.
The fruity aroma and taste are the same.
After the sharp sweetness, the dryness comes.
Imanishiki Special Junmai Sake
pressed in a sake tank
Rice (Nagano), Rice Koji (Nagano)
Polishing ratio 59
Alcohol 16%.
Yonezawa Sake Brewery Co.
Nakagawa Village, Kamiina-gun, Nagano Prefecture
Described as sake to be drunk in a wine glass.
The aroma is fruity.
The taste is similar to that of Daiginjo.
Gen no Taki Junmai Ginjo
Kurobe River Fan Spring Iwase Family's Fresh Water
Koukoku-haru Sake Brewery Co.
Kurobe City, Toyama Prefecture
Rice (domestic), Rice Koji (domestic)
Alcohol 15%.
Polishing ratio 60
Slightly elegant aroma.
The mouthfeel is refreshing.
Slightly drier than sweet and dry.
Fuetsu Junmai
Kikusui Shuzo Co.
Iida City, Nagano Prefecture
Very soft sake.
It soaks into the body smoothly.
The aroma is subtle. The taste is mellow.
Kagatobi Super Dry
Yamahai Junmai
Fukumitsuya Corporation
Ishibiki, Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa
Rice (domestic), Rice malt (domestic)
Polishing ratio 65
Alcohol 15
Sake degree +12
It has a moderate acidity from the Yamahai method and goes well with food.
The aroma also has a hint of sourness.
It went well with Spanish mackerel saikyo yaki! Can be drunk forever.
Crisp and dry.