No. 572INDEX / 321
Aramasa No.6 X-type 2019
Aramasa Shuzo, Akita
Reviewed in H2 2026
After an eternity, now it becomes my flesh and blood
SCOREOverall score
89pts
SPECBasic data
- Rice
- sake-brewing rice
- Polishing ratio
- 40%
- Alcohol
- 14%
- Type
- Junmai (pure rice), nama genshu (unpasteurised, undiluted), No. 6 yeast, aged 6 years
- List price
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PROFILEFlavour chart
JUDGEMENTStraight-Talking Sake Judgement
TOCKY's report
Taste4.5
Aroma4.5
Numata's report
Taste4.5
Aroma4.5
NOTESNumata's tasting noteTRANSLATED
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PAIRINGCOMING SOON
The Aramasa NO.6 x-type from when Tokky and Numata launched the channel, opened now after six years. Maturation that progressed at an extremely low -5 degrees has drawn out a dense sweetness of honey and rum raisin and brought a toasted brown-rice note, while the fresh sweet-tartness is still alive and well: it has evolved into a layered, deeply flavoured sake. This release was not brewed in kioke (wooden vat), so towards the finish the job of pulling the flavour together falls not to astringency but to acidity and the cut of the alcohol, making it weightier in flavour than the present-day version.