No. 307INDEX / 321
Juyondai Gokujo Morohaku
Takagi Shuzo, Yamagata
Reviewed in H1 2024
Warning! You won't be able to drink any other sake
SCOREOverall score
91pts
SPECBasic data
- Rice
- Yamadanishiki from Tojo, Hyogo
- Polishing ratio
- 40%
- Alcohol
- —
- Type
- Junmai Daiginjo, Yamadanishiki from Hyogo's Special A district
- List price
- ¥5,500
PROFILEFlavour chart
JUDGEMENTStraight-Talking Sake Judgement
TOCKY's report
Taste5.0
Aroma4.0
Value for money1.5
Numata's report
Taste4.5
Aroma4.0
Value for money1.0
NOTESNumata's tasting noteTRANSLATED
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PAIRINGCOMING SOON
A look at “Gokujo Morohaku”, high-spec in name and in fact, from “Juyondai”, the sake that reigns at the summit of the sake world. One sip and the big bang of concentrated sweetness, umami and acidity has our hearts captive. The long finish of body and umami that follows offers a glimpse of the mystery of an infinitely expanding universe — or so it feels. Either way, this is a sake that demands strong self-control if you are not to drain it all at once.