Exquisite!!! So many sakes that make it to the USA have the same rice pudding/banana profile, to say nothing of the really lower quality ones that taste like low proof diluted vodka, but this one is truly a cut above. I don’t often give ratings above 90 points, but this is so perfectly balanced with the nice, sweet flavors that I appreciate in a sake. “Balance” is the word that keeps coming to me as I drink this. As far as specific notes, on the nose, whipped cream, cashew, just a little bit of bubble gum and flowers, and on the palette, yes, it has the rice pudding note, but with honeydew melon, and most of the notes on the nose coming through. I paired this with an Italian pasta dish, and it worked perfectly, but I can also imagine this working well desserts like Victoria sponge cake or cream brûlée. — 4 years ago
Sparkling sake. Delightful. — 5 years ago
Lovely finish, sweet finish. Not too dry. Some floral notes. — 2 years ago
@はせがわ酒店 2,530 incl tax — 4 years ago
A famous brand in Fukuoka — 5 years ago
Back at it. — 2 years ago
Hachi at National Gallery — 3 years ago
20191026 with Yoshizumi. — 4 years ago
Zaku “Akaiwa Omachi “/ Shimizu Seisaburo shouten/ Mie prefecture/ rice species: Omachi harvested at Okayama prefecture Akaiwa area (best climate for Omachi )/ junmai daiginjo — 6 years ago
Norman Gennaro
Nice but right out of the bottle I would say the flavors were light and the viscosity a bit thin. As it warmed the flavors really came out and they filled the mouth. — 4 months ago