No. 442INDEX / 321
Hinotori 2024 jikagumi (bottled straight off the press)
Aramasa Shuzo, Akita
Reviewed in H2 2025
A golden sacred bird taking wing
SCOREOverall score
89pts
SPECBasic data
- Rice
- sake-brewing rice（from Akita）
- Polishing ratio
- Koji55, kake rice60
- Alcohol
- 13%
- Type
- Junmai (pure rice), kioke (wooden vat), kimoto (traditional starter method), Kijoshu
- List price
- ¥3,200
PROFILEFlavour chart
JUDGEMENTStraight-Talking Sake Judgement
TOCKY's report
Taste4.5
Aroma4.0
Value for money3.0
Numata's report
Taste4.0
Aroma4.0
Value for money3.0
NOTESNumata's tasting noteTRANSLATED
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PAIRINGCOMING SOON
From Aramasa Shuzo's Private Lab, here we introduce "Hinotori," beloved for its rich sweetness. A kijoshu (sake brewed with sake) made using sake for part of the brewing water. Fresh carbonation, rich sweetness and dewy acidity make it as juicy as biting straight into a whole orange. As the temperature rises, the tannins from the wooden vat grow stronger too, and it's reborn into a more grown-up flavour like blood orange.