No. 219INDEX / 321
Kaze no Mori Shiken Jozo
Yucho Shuzo, Nara
Reviewed in H2 2023
SCOREOverall score
81pts
SPECBasic data
- Rice
- not disclosed
- Polishing ratio
- 90%
- Alcohol
- —
- Type
- —
- List price
- ¥1,760
PROFILEFlavour chart
JUDGEMENTStraight-Talking Sake Judgement
TOCKY's report
Taste4.0
Aroma3.0
Value for money4.0
Numata's report
Taste3.5
Aroma3.0
Value for money3.5
NOTESNumata's tasting noteTRANSLATED
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PAIRINGCOMING SOON
Kaze no Mori, the flagship brand of Yucho Shuzo, a brewery based in Nara — the birthplace of sake. This bottle, brewed as an essential piece of Yucho Shuzo's future plans, is a low-milled sake at a seimai buai (rice-polishing ratio) of 90%. It's astonishingly free of off-flavors, with a gorgeous sweetness and a pleasant fizz. The bitterness distinctive to low-polish rice and a mineral quality from the brewery's extremely hard water come together into a clear, clean finish.