Aaron Rankin

9.0

I don’t understand others’ reviews. Maybe my sake palette isn’t developed. Maybe they aren’t drinking this on the beach in Maui. Either way, this is great. — 5 days ago

with Kris

Andy Tam

9.4

Sounds like Arsenal in English. So glad I found this brewery. Has an amazing floral fragrance of mint and melon. Medium body and coats your tongue with sweetness and great with the Kumamoto strawberries — 6 days ago

Scott Soren

8.9

Showed really nice. Dry and crisp. — 10 days ago

Naoki Kondo

9.0

Good kimoto! dine in with Prof Galea from Boston — a month ago

Aaron Tan

8.9

Quite muted at the start, with an accentuated soya sauce and overripe banana characters. The alcohol was also noticeable. I think it was probably served too cold and also needed some aeration because the saké really took a turn for the better in the last third of the bottle.

Quite a fine nihonshu. Nice balance of fruit (pear, apple, banana), umami (soy), and acidity. I think it may be style of the brewery, but it definitely has this light aldehedic notes (hazelnut, almond). There's an intriguing herbaceous undertone, that I think wasn't given a chance to develop. Finish felt short. Good texture once it opened up (white phenolic, sappy).

To be frank, I much prefer their more extreme Yamahai. Not a big fan of it either, but I don't particularly fancy the sort of "half-way" oxidative notes here. Seems distracting here, treading on un-balanced. Again, nit-picking.

NB: Could well be a faulty bottle, but notes online seems to indicate otherwise. The colour was impeccable (so bright and clear). I think it's just a preference thing. — 12 days ago

Andy Tam

9.0

"Survival" So glorious with the third bottle fromt Fuji. Delicious honeydew sweetness that goes with scallop and hamchi sashimi — 6 days ago

E & K G

9.1

Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee... light on its feet with lots of fresh acidity, but then you realize it actually packs a lot of fruit and a good amount of oak. But all well balanced so that you don’t realize it.

Top Japanese Chardonnay! — 17 days ago

Yuri

9.0

Special 14 dai, with Kamo- nabe!! @ Oumiimazu. — 9 days ago

Andy Tam

9.1

愛山 rice quickly becoming my fav and 榮光富士 star series are also my fav. This is the more traditional style and great with dessert JDG — 5 days ago

Eric Urbani

9.5

1.5L, super elegant — 8 days ago