No. 308INDEX / 321
Juyondai Chotokusen
Takagi Shuzo, Yamagata
Reviewed in H1 2024
One glass and you are knocked out
SCOREOverall score
92pts
SPECBasic data
- Rice
- Yamadanishiki from Tojo, Hyogo
- Polishing ratio
- 35%
- Alcohol
- —
- Type
- Junmai Daiginjo, Yamadanishiki from Hyogo's Special A district
- List price
- ¥6,600
PROFILEFlavour chart
JUDGEMENTStraight-Talking Sake Judgement
TOCKY's report
Taste5.0
Aroma4.5
Value for money1.5
Numata's report
Taste5.0
Aroma4.0
Value for money1.0
NOTESNumata's tasting noteTRANSLATED
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PAIRINGCOMING SOON
From Juyondai, the ultra-rare sake of Yamagata, we introduce 'Chotokusen' — known for short as 'Chotoku' — brewed at a rice-polishing ratio that goes beyond even Gokujo Morohaku. This Chotoku? Off-the-charts good. One sip and it begins: a carpet-bombing of ultra-dreadnought-class juicy sweetness, backed by a heavyweight, rich umami. A taste from another dimension overwhelms you in a single sip, wiping out every sake you thought you remembered, leaving nothing behind but the flag of Juyondai's conquest, fluttering alone.