No. 114INDEX / 321
next5 Harukasumi
Kuribayashi Shuzoten
Reviewed in H2 2022
SCOREOverall score
82pts
SPECBasic data
- Rice
- Kairyo Shinko
- Polishing ratio
- 50%
- Alcohol
- —
- Type
- —
- List price
- ¥3,800
PROFILEFlavour chart
JUDGEMENTStraight-Talking Sake Judgement
TOCKY's report
Taste4.0
Aroma3.0
Value for money2.0
Numata's report
Taste4.0
Aroma3.0
Value for money2.0
NOTESNumata's tasting noteTRANSLATED
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PAIRINGCOMING SOON
"NEXT5" is a unit formed by five Akita sake breweries joining forces. After a collaboration with Ispahan, they're releasing sake again for the first time in two years, selling one bottle a month for five months straight starting in August. This time it's a bottle from Kuribayashi Shuzoten, the brewer of Harukasumi. Kuribayashi normally favours Misatonishiki rice, but this year's NEXT5 is bound by a "Kairyo Shinko" rule — so what kind of sake will they brew? The aroma is a gentle fruitiness, but the flavour is built on a rich, concentrated umami base, with a faint sweetness adding a flourish like a flower.