No. 297INDEX / 321
Ubusuna Kabashiko
Hananoka Shuzo, Kumamoto
Reviewed in H1 2024
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SCOREOverall score
82pts
SPECBasic data
- Rice
- Kabashiko
- Polishing ratio
- not disclosed
- Alcohol
- —
- Type
- 菊池川流域、生酛、無肥料無農薬
- List price
- ¥3,800
PROFILEFlavour chart
JUDGEMENTStraight-Talking Sake Judgement
TOCKY's report
Taste4.0
Aroma3.0
Value for money2.0
Numata's report
Taste4.5
Aroma4.0
Value for money3.0
NOTESNumata's tasting noteTRANSLATED
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PAIRINGCOMING SOON
From "Ubusuna," the label Hananoka Shuzo brews with devotion to the terroir of the Kikuchi River basin, here's "Kabashiko Shinojo." This rice, read "kabashiko," is an ancient variety cultivated in the Edo period, with a distinctive toastiness. At first it's a light flavour with a fully ripened fruit aroma, but as the aftertaste sets in, it shows its true colours — the fragrance of kabashiko rice sprouts forth and proves its one-of-a-kind identity.