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Juyondai Nakadori Jomorohaku Yamadanishiki from Banshu, Hyogo
Juyondai Nakadori Josohaku Banshu Yamadanishiki
Takagi Shuzo, Yamagata
Reviewed in H2 2025
This is Juyondai
SCOREOverall score
91pts
SPECBasic data
- Brewery
- Takagi Shuzo
- Origin
- Yamagata
- Rice
- Yamadanishiki from Hyogo's Special A district
- Polishing ratio
- 45%
- Alcohol
- 15%
- Type
- ①Junmai Daiginjo ②nakadori (the middle of the pressing)
- List price (incl. tax)
- ¥3,410 (720ml)
PROFILEFlavour chart
JUDGEMENTStraight-Talking Sake Judgement
TOCKY's report
Taste4.5
Aroma4.0
Value for money3.0
Numata's report
Taste5.0
Aroma4.5
Value for money3.0
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A look at Juyondai Nakadori Josohaku Banshu Yamadanishiki. The Josohaku, formerly sold as a junmai ginjo at a polishing ratio of 50%, here appears promoted to junmai daiginjo at 45%.
A fresh, dense sweetness, as though apple and pear had been compressed to their essence, meets a rich body from the rice; a sharp acidity and a touch of bitterness give the flavour its outline, and the whole reaches complete harmony. This is not the lighter Juyondai of recent years but the Juyondai of old.