No. 176INDEX / 321
Cosmos 2022
Aramasa Shuzo, Akita
Reviewed in H1 2023
Cosmos, go and stand in the corridor a while!
SCOREOverall score
76pts
SPECBasic data
- Rice
- Kairyo Shinko
- Polishing ratio
- koji rice55%, kake rice (main mash rice)60%
- Alcohol
- —
- Type
- Junmai (pure rice), kioke (wooden vat), kimoto (traditional starter method)
- List price
- ¥2,681
PROFILEFlavour chart
JUDGEMENTStraight-Talking Sake Judgement
TOCKY's report
Taste3.5
Aroma3.0
Value for money3.0
Numata's report
Taste3.5
Aroma3.0
Value for money2.0
NOTESNumata's tasting noteTRANSLATED
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PAIRINGCOMING SOON
From the Colors series of Aramasa Shuzo, Akita's celebrated brewery, here's the 2022 vintage of Cosmos, made with Kairyo Shinko. The top-note aroma is gentle, with a pleasant, rose-like floral scent. The flavour is acidity-led, with restrained sweetness and body. The scent of kioke (wooden vat) gradually rises in the mouth, and a gentle astringency draws the curtain on the aftertaste. Since the 2022 rice was slow to dissolve and struggled to carry sweetness, it's a shame that Cosmos's signature sweet-and-sour character is missing.