No. 560INDEX / 321
Hiroki Junmai Daiginjo
Hiroki Shuzo Honten, Fukushima
Reviewed in H1 2026
Perfume you can drink
SCOREOverall score
84pts
SPECBasic data
- Rice
- Yamadanishiki
- Polishing ratio
- koji rice40%, Kake50%
- Alcohol
- 16%
- Type
- Junmai Daiginjo, namazume (pasteurised before storage only)
- List price
- ¥3,300
PROFILEFlavour chart
JUDGEMENTStraight-Talking Sake Judgement
TOCKY's report
Taste3.5
Aroma4.5
Value for money4.0
Numata's report
Taste3.5
Aroma4.5
Value for money3.5
NOTESNumata's tasting noteTRANSLATED
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PAIRINGCOMING SOON
Here's the Junmai Daiginjo from Fukushima's celebrated brand Hiroki. A transparent sake. An invisible sake. The top note is the gorgeous fragrance of fully ripe melon. One sip and it overflows with a fresh, refreshing aroma of green apple, white peach, mint, and lemongrass. The flavour is light and transparent, with a gentle umami and the sharp bite of alcohol stretching out in good measure before disappearing cleanly. A sake to savour for its beautiful in-mouth aroma.