No. 142INDEX / 321
Hinotori 2020
Aramasa Shuzo, Akita
Reviewed in H2 2022
SCOREOverall score
90pts
SPECBasic data
- Rice
- Miyamanishiki
- Polishing ratio
- koji rice55, kake rice (main mash rice)65
- Alcohol
- —
- Type
- —
- List price
- ¥2,250
PROFILEFlavour chart
JUDGEMENTStraight-Talking Sake Judgement
TOCKY's report
Taste4.5
Aroma4.0
Value for money3.0
Numata's report
Taste4.0
Aroma5.0
Value for money4.0
NOTESNumata's tasting noteTRANSLATED
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PAIRINGCOMING SOON
"Private Lab" is Aramasa's lineup brewed with distinctive methods. Here we introduce "Hinotori," made using the kijoshu (sake brewed with sake) method. Its rice is Miyamanishiki, the same variety used for Lapis Lazuli. You can enjoy a rich aroma and a weighty, full-bodied flavour, but the aroma is especially distinctive: raisin, pear, cinnamon, and a faint glue-like note of the kind found in aged sake. A museum of aromas awaits here.