No. 39INDEX / 321
Juyondai Honmaru
Takagi Shuzo, Yamagata
Reviewed in H2 2021
SCOREOverall score
92pts
SPECBasic data
- Rice
- Japanese-grown rice
- Polishing ratio
- 55％
- Alcohol
- —
- Type
- Tokubetsu Honjozo
- List price
- ¥2,420
PROFILEFlavour chart
JUDGEMENTStraight-Talking Sake Judgement
TOCKY's report
Taste5.0
Aroma4.0
Value for money3.5
Numata's report
Taste4.5
Aroma4.5
Value for money2.5
NOTESNumata's tasting noteTRANSLATED
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PAIRINGCOMING SOON
Juyondai, the sake often called legendary. It's the one that kicked off today's hojun umakuchi (rich, mellow-umami) boom, and between its sky-high popularity and its tiny production runs, tracking down a bottle is SS-rank difficulty. Its regular release is "Honmaru Hiden Tamagaeshi" — a freshness and rich aroma you'd never expect from a Tokubetsu Honjozo.