Loren Gesinsky

9.4

Junmai Ginjo Genshu — 3 months ago

Norman

9.1

Bought this a while ago although the date on it is 08/2023 and I didn’t think it was that long ago. Nose is light. Flavor slightly bitter. Color yellow which could reflect the name. Finish lasts for a while but more on the alcohol side more than anything else. — 9 months ago

Starven Marven

8.9

Last time i took out the purple cowboy was a lot different but it was great to enjoy this one and not need a new sofa. — 3 years ago

Jerm And Lina

9.3

Floral sweet creamy good pallete strong hard finish — 5 years ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.3

Sd 2015 cowboy star — 7 years ago

Amanda Thomas

9.5

One of the best bourbons I’ve tasted. And that’s saying a lot. — 7 years ago

with Tim

Yuri

9.0

After summer course in OU!!! — 8 years ago

Norman

9.3

手取川 ひやおろし “Scarlet Mountain” (Tedorigawa Hiyaoroshi “Scarlet Mountain”)
• Rice: Yoshida’s autumn junmai (hiyaoroshi-style) release: Koji rice Yamada Nishiki and kake rice Ishikawamon.
• Polish ratio: 60% (per Yoshida’s autumn junmai seasonal spec). 
• ABV: 15%
• Sake type: Junmai Hiyaoroshi (純米 ひやおろし)
• Junmai = pure rice (no added brewer’s alcohol)
• Hiyaoroshi = an autumn release that’s been matured/rested after brewing so it drinks rounder and more umami-forward than a just-released sake (it’s a seasonal “timing/style” designation, not a single fixed recipe)
• Brewery: 吉田酒造店 (Yoshida Sake Brewery)
• Location: Ishikawa Prefecture (石川県), Japan
• Bottle size: 720ml
• Importer: World Sake Imports
• Date code: “2025.09”

How it drinks: This is the “fall food sake” lane. The core impression is rice-weight and savory smoothness, not high aromatics. You get that autumn-rested integration: less sharp edges, more umami and round mid-palate. It’s the bottle that gets better once soy, grilled notes, mushrooms, and richer fish show up.

Why it reads “autumn”: Hiyaoroshi tends to land in a sweet spot where amino acids and residual extract feel more knit together, so you perceive more umami and less angularity. It’s not necessarily sweeter, it’s just more “settled,” and your palate reads that as depth.

ChatGPT above.

Had this second and as much as the info above says it will read less angular/sharp edges it has some rough ones. Banana strongly on the nose. Reads rougher to me as it’s not silky smooth like the other bottle. The alcohol is more present and the weight on the palate isnt as easily perceived due to that. As much as I preferred the other I think this was fantastic with the warmer foods at the end of the omakase and especially when the fatty otoro came out. Was able to stand up to that wher tbe delicate prior bottle would have been lost. — 6 months ago

Andrew Holod

National Sales Grapes of Spain

8.9

Lot 6.2022. Just received this spring in a shipment from Garagiste ex-Seattle.
This is less savory and more soft for me. It doesn't show quite the meaty richness I've seen in some other yamahai. Better to serve this room temp or warmer. — 3 years ago

Mike R

9.5

Wine Nerd herd virtual tasting of various vintages from 90s, 00s and 10s - mine was the 2013 - 88% CS, 8% PV, 3% merlot and 1% CF from various vineyards in the valley floor region - four hour decant - this is less fruit than you would expect but certainly an amazing wine - Napa finest at a modernist style Bordeaux blend - nose was rich with tobacco leather cocoa and forest floor - heavy to medium body yet the wine was soft because the fruit was muffled - mid palette with black blue and red fruits - orange peel cinnamon and sweet silky tannins integrated nicely - this could easily go 30 more years but not sure it will get better so if willing to decant and maybe even double decant for an afternoon this wine is ready for being paired with a cowboy bone in rib eye steak and will not let you down - truly an enjoyable experience as was all vintages tasted last night - HUGE SMILES — 6 years ago

Charles Duncan

9.2

At Isakaia Minato w LJB and Jennie Friedman — 8 years ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.4

This is the wrong sake. Delectible not allowing correction....Single tank sake and no charcoal filter. Big bold and full bodied and a hint peppery. — 8 years ago

Bryan Mooney

9.1

Very weird, it’s a rich slow drinker — 7 months ago

Madeline Frost

8.9

S loves 2021 — 2 years ago

Joel Roskind

9.2

Csw so sweet and delicious — 2 years ago

with Susan

Henry Fuseler

9.0

4/2021. Bold and full of flavor. Smooth finish once it opened up. Paired very well with the Cowboy ribeye at Perrone’s Steakhouse in Murrrels Inlet. — 5 years ago

Alvaro Bustillos

8.9

Mazf y omar a
Japon 4/17 — 6 years ago

Rajiv Patnam

9.5

Almond and clean flavored sake with a mellow finish. Feels like a mouthful but dissipates very quickly. — 7 years ago

Jennifer Jane Hahn

9.6

Received this from a friend and they raved about it... I am not disappointed. Has a hint of berry but I love the dry aspect of it. It’s very good. — 8 years ago

Sean Beck

10

Buy, yummy — 8 years ago