No. 443INDEX / 321
Juyondai Daigokujo Morohaku Ryu no Otoshigo
Takagi Shuzo, Yamagata
Reviewed in H2 2025
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SCOREOverall score
87pts
SPECBasic data
- Rice
- 80% Ryu no Otoshigo
- Polishing ratio
- 35%
- Alcohol
- 15%
- Type
- Junmai Daiginjo,
- List price
- ¥5,500
PROFILEFlavour chart
JUDGEMENTStraight-Talking Sake Judgement
TOCKY's report
Taste4.0
Aroma4.0
Value for money2.0
Numata's report
Taste4.0
Aroma4.0
Value for money2.0
NOTESNumata's tasting noteTRANSLATED
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PAIRINGCOMING SOON
From Juyondai, here's Daigokujo Morohaku Ryu no Otoshigo. Made with Ryu no Otoshigo, a sake rice developed by Takagi Shuzo itself, this bottle is defined by a powerful richness and umami. One sip and a plump, rice-derived umami comes flooding out, pulled together lightly by a touch of gas and acidity. The lingering umami settles in slowly, then passes at just the right pace alongside a clean alcohol snap. A bottle where forceful umami and easy drinkability live side by side.