Loren Gesinsky

9.4

Junmai Ginjo Genshu — 4 months 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. — 9 months ago

Jerm And Lina

9.3

Floral sweet creamy good pallete strong hard finish — 5 years ago

Ichiro Kawachi

9.0

Yamahai version. Cemedine — 7 years ago

Seiji Takeuchi

9.0

Sweet sake. My daughter's favorite. — 8 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

8.9

This had an oxidative nose compared to the other two at the dinner. Second course. Sake Drinker dinner. — 8 years ago

Tracy Hall

9.1

Rich yamahai. Would pair perfectly with a smoky BBQ pork jowl. — 9 years ago

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.

ChatGPT above.

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. — 6 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

8.9

Mazf y omar a
Japon 4/17 — 6 years ago

Charles Duncan

9.2

At Isakaia Minato w LJB and Jennie Friedman — 8 years ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.4

This is the wrong sake. Delectible not allowing correction....Single tank sake and no charcoal filter. Big bold and full bodied and a hint peppery. — 8 years ago

Phillip Tiongson

10

Sushi Nakazawa almond notes sweeter — 9 years ago

Tom Inners

9.1

like mineral water on a hot summer's day...

texturally on the mark with pointed minerality & finesse, enough to think you were sucking the life force out of rocks from a nearby babbling brook. — 9 years ago

Bryan Mooney

9.1

Very weird, it’s a rich slow drinker — 7 months ago

Joel Roskind

9.2

Csw so sweet and delicious — 2 years ago

with Susan

Andrew Holod

National Sales Grapes of Spain

8.9

Lot 6.2022. Just received this spring in a shipment from Garagiste ex-Seattle.
This is less savory and more soft for me. It doesn't show quite the meaty richness I've seen in some other yamahai. Better to serve this room temp or warmer. — 3 years ago

Rajiv Patnam

9.5

Almond and clean flavored sake with a mellow finish. Feels like a mouthful but dissipates very quickly. — 7 years ago

Yuri

9.0

After summer course in OU!!! — 8 years ago

Lunett/ Yosshi

Sake Specialist Hasegawa Sake Shop Tokyo

8.9

Kikuhime yamahai junmai nomikiri genshu/ Kikuhime goushigaisha/ Ishikawa prefecture/ yamadanishiki/ rice polish ratio: 70%/ — 9 years ago

Naoki Kondo

9.1

This is Kuokkou kijoushu Hyaku. Extra sweet. — 9 years ago