No. 412INDEX / 321
Murasakiyata
Aramasa Shuzo, Akita
Reviewed in H1 2025
Aramasa juice, from concentrate
SCOREOverall score
90pts
SPECBasic data
- Rice
- Akita-grown rice
- Polishing ratio
- 60%
- Alcohol
- 11%
- Type
- —
- List price
- —
PROFILEFlavour chart
JUDGEMENTStraight-Talking Sake Judgement
TOCKY's report
Taste5.0
Aroma4.5
Value for money5.0
Numata's report
Taste5.0
Aroma4.5
Value for money0.0
NOTESNumata's tasting noteTRANSLATED
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Introducing the 2023 vintage of Murasakiyata, one of the most notoriously hard-to-find bottles even within Aramasa Shuzo's 'Private Lab' series. It's the ultra-rare slot in a set sold via UTAGE, where two bottles arrive at random from the breweries that belong to it. It's a saishikomi kijoshu (sake brewed with sake) made using last year's Murasakiyata, with a fresh sweet-tartness reminiscent of Hinotori, along with a complex aged aroma and richness — a one-of-a-kind flavour.