Jamie Lauder

9.5

Tasted at Taiheizan kura in Akita, Tohoku, Japan with owners Shin and Eiko Kodama.
Incredibly perfumed with white flowers.
Yellow plums, ginger, apricot ripe pear with rich white stone peach.
Minerality, crisp, luscious and mouth feel for days.

— 7 months ago

Tsuyoshi Enoki

Sake Specialist Hasegawa Sake Shop Tokyo

9.0

Aramasa / Aramasa shuzou/ Akita prefecture/ rice species: Kairyo-shinko/ rice polish ratio:30%/ 2017 Tohoku region Sake Contest Highest grate awards Junmai Daiginjo — 6 years ago

Aaron Tan

9.0

This wine was given to me by a stranger, whom I now call friend, on our first meeting while I was traveling in Japan. Why? Just because I was curious. He spoke no English, I spoke no Japanese, but wine was our language and Google was the enabler.

The wine is an oddity - made of 6 grapes from the 6 prefectures of Tohoku, bottled fresh post-ferment, meant to be drunk across the country at 1900 on 11th March each year, to commemorate the losses of the 311 Tohoku Earthquake.

For me, this wine exemplifies all the good in wine. Wine has the uncanny ability to break down barriers, and to bring out the spirit of generosity, but most importantly, to make people happy. And this wine is happy! It's bright, fresh, umami, super glouglou, made for a good cause, shared among good people :) Happy happy! — 6 years ago

romo

9.1

Full-bodied paired with A5 Wagyu and black truffle (Italian). — 9 months ago

Rob B

9.1

Sweet but still well balanced — 3 years ago

Eric Urbani

9.6

Fantastic seasonal sake. Extra dry, SMV +10. Brewed once a year in limited quantities. Unpasteurized, unfiltered using traditional “Kimoto” method of craftsmanship. — 6 years ago

Yuri

9.2

This is special Aramasa:-) Awarded Tohoku sake prize. Thank you, Takao-sensei. Very beautiful taste. It was really nice dinner. — 7 years ago

with Soshi, Naoki and 3 others

Jeff Francis

9.1

Slightly sparkling sake... Very sweet and fruity to the nose, but not nearly as sweet tasting. Very nicely balanced with a fruity clean taste. — 2 years ago

mik bafana

9.1

Off dry. Delicious with veggie food — 5 years ago

with Shweta

Sanjoh Woosie

9.0

Sake Dassai. Good one, but average one when compared with ones in Tohoku Sake District. — 6 years ago