No. 86INDEX / 321
Mizuhana
Yucho Shuzo
Reviewed in H1 2022
Ancient records traced through sake
SCOREOverall score
76pts
SPECBasic data
- Rice
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- Polishing ratio
- —
- Alcohol
- —
- Type
- —
- List price
- ¥12,100
PROFILEFlavour chart
JUDGEMENTStraight-Talking Sake Judgement
TOCKY's report
Taste3.5
Aroma2.0
Value for money2.0
Numata's report
Taste3.0
Aroma3.0
Value for money2.5
NOTESNumata's tasting noteTRANSLATED
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PAIRINGCOMING SOON
Mizuhana, the new label from Yucho Shuzo of Nara, a brewery with a long history stretching back to its founding in 1719. It aims to bring techniques handed down from ancient Nara into the present, and is brewed in oogame shikomi (large earthenware jar fermentation) at a dedicated Mizuhana brewhouse. This release, No. 0, recreates a method recorded in the 1489 "Goshu no Nikki" (Sake Diary). A tingling sourness, like biting into a pineapple, is the defining trait.