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.

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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. — 23 days ago

Rafael Landestoy

9.1

I don't know much about Sake but I enjoyed this moderately priced one. Nice fragrance, not overly sweet or dry. — 9 years ago

Mac Hofeditz

9.3

A m a z I n g S a k e — 9 years 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. — 4 months ago

Joel Roskind

9.2

Csw so sweet and delicious — 2 years ago

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Naoki Kondo

8.9

Good but not like daiginjo. — 8 years ago

Mac Hofeditz

10

O M G the best sake I've ever had!!! — 9 years ago

Norman

9.1

This is Tedorigawa, Yamahai, Daiginjo, from Ishikawa. It’s a nice one although I would not say a favorite. A little sharp on the palate for me and was expecting something a bit more rounded. This was by the glass and closer to the end of the bottle so I’m not sure how long it had been open. For sure classic Yamahai flavors and nose although that was a bit muted which I attribute to it having been open. — a year ago

Eric Urbani

9.8

One of the best sakes that I have had for some time. — 7 years ago

Justin

9.5

Fills mouth with warmth and flavor. Seeing mountain on top of the air like I’m flying and walking on wire in the air and it’s sunny with wind and can see mountain from far and goes far away with mountain taste like green tips of mountain. — 8 years ago