No. 378INDEX / 321
Hijiri Hizirizm Shubo Kassei Shu
Hijiri Shuzo, Gunma
Reviewed in H1 2024
The hardest bottle I've ever had to open
SCOREOverall score
84pts
SPECBasic data
- Rice
- Hitomebore
- Polishing ratio
- 35%
- Alcohol
- —
- Type
- Junmai (pure rice), bottle-conditioned (secondary bottle fermentation)
- List price
- ¥2,530
PROFILEFlavour chart
JUDGEMENTStraight-Talking Sake Judgement
TOCKY's report
Taste4.0
Aroma3.5
Value for money3.0
Numata's report
Taste4.5
Aroma4.0
Value for money3.5
NOTESNumata's tasting noteTRANSLATED
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PAIRINGCOMING SOON
Here's a fearsome sparkling sake, rumoured to be a generic Amagaeru. Rice polished to competition-entry-sake level is used lavishly for the extravagant purpose of finishing it as a low-alcohol sake at just 5% ABV. Pressing the shubo (yeast starter mash) gives it violent carbonation, evoking an enraged Amagaeru. An aroma of fully ripened fruit like banana and pineapple. A cidre-like intense acidity and a cool sweetness, with a pleasant, crackling fizz.