"Odedi"

9.2

Kanpai Wines Mizu No Oto Pinot Noir 2018, Sonoma Coast, California

A pretty color of ruby, with medium intensity.

Fruity nose of red and blue fruits with oak, chocolates, earth, tobacco leaf, light toast and black pepper.

Medium plus in body with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate with cherries, raspberries, strawberries, spices, light oak, chocolates, herbs, light vegetables and black pepper.

Long finish with fine grained tannins and tangy raspberries.

This 8-year-old Pinot Noir from Sonoma Coast is still showing lots of fruits. Nicely balanced, elegant and rich. Complex, easy drinking and entertaining.

I had this vintage over 4 years ago, and it is drinking so much better now. Drinking at its peak, and will continue to do so in the next few years.

Wine Enthusiasts 90 points.

Delicious right out of the bottle, and a great sipping wine.

13% alcohol by volume.

92 points.

$70. — 9 days ago

Steve Rura

8.9

Another visual label butchering from translate. Very clean shochu from the hotel minibar. — 10 months ago

Eric Urbani

9.3

Apparently only available by lottery in Japan, made from sweet potatoes. — 4 years ago

Kristof Vande Velde

9.2

From rice and red shiso. Delicate, fruity and delicious. — 6 years ago

Roosevelt Crawley III

9.6

The best of the barley Shochu. Nice flavor with a little pepper spice. — 7 years ago

Drew Miller

9.4

So solid. A little dry and a little mineral. Some interesting slight sweet flavor. Damn. Drank like water. — 8 years ago

Carolyn Herlihy

9.0

Very smooth. Adorable little bottle! Thanks Richey!! — 8 years ago

Jamie Lauder

9.0

From Taiheizan kura in Katagami, Akita.
Owned by Shin and Eiko Kodama, they have been producing miso, soy sauce sake and shochu since 1890’s.
Made with local Akita Komachi sake rice and polished to 55 % Junmai Ginjo.
Kimoto method is used which relies on natural, ambient lactic acid bacteria rather than added lactic acid to start fermentation.
Bold with flavours of white pears, honey dew melon, dried apricots, tropical fruits and white chocolate.
— 2 months ago

Norman

9.0

Back in Tokyo so have to try a Hoppy. Hoppy and shochu. It’s still not great ;) Coke Zero highball, Lemon Sour and Jasmine Tea Sour. — 10 months ago

Vera H

9.1

Love the roasted sesame after taste. — 5 years ago

Yutaka Hisaeda

9.1

20190429 at Murayama. — 7 years ago

Ichiro Kawachi

8.9

Almost no color - distilled in Japan but aged in Glenrothes barrels / feels more like a shochu — 7 years ago

Graham Jenkins

8.9

Oooh this is a good one... Refreshing with a near-juniper note. Serve ice cold! — 8 years ago

with Jasmine

Noren Kawakami

10

Hawaiian Shochu NamiHana Diamond Head Proof 38.1% alc/vol, 76.2 proof
Smooth shochu, loves the sweet potato taste — 9 months ago

Steve Rura

9.1

Great sake, clean and clear. Medium body, a bit viscous. Melon, plum, and anise with sweetness, but followed by a dry, bitter shochu-like finish. — 10 months ago

Soshi Takao

9.0

taste like Imo-shochu — 4 years ago

Seiji Takeuchi

9.1

Maboroshi, miraculous, shochu. Very good fragrance, like a brandy. Smooth to drink on the rocks. — 6 years ago

Aaron Tan

9.5

Aramasa again! This time from their "experimental" range - Private Lab series. V17. Junmai with 60% polishing ratio. Made with both saké and shochu koji. A little bit of funk factor here. Nose was really estery and ricey (if that even makes sense). Consistent with other tasting notes, palate was citrus first, melon second. Juicy sweetness and crunchy acidity makes for a very glou glou saké. Another mind-boggling bottle from possibly my favourite brewery. The usual elegance, with weight aplenty! — 7 years ago

Bryan Hopkins

9.2

This takes some getting used to if you are new to shochu, which I am, but it grows on you. Taste of root vegetable, sweetness, and an earthy funk. — 8 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.3

What was that! — 8 years ago