Buttered apricots. Meadow. Pale golden. Sunlight. Golden. Rich. Kristy Yamaguchi? Crusty bread and cheese? Liver? Celebrating life? Simply lovely. — 7 years ago
Straight forward sweet and strawberry taste, not so complex, low viscosity/alcohol, easy to drink.
— 8 years ago
Birthday sake! Creamy and round, but still light on its feet with a refreshing acidity. Pears, melon, light caramel. SMV +5 from Yamaguchi prefecture, just south and west of Hiroshima. — 10 years ago
Name:" Touyou Bijin", 東洋美人/ subtitle:" Jipang", 地帆紅/ brewery: Sumikawa shuzoujou/ region: Yamaguchi prefecture/ category: daiginjo/ clear fresh note of apple and peach, light clear sweet and vivid acidic attack, dry and sharp after. — 10 years ago
Niwano Uguisu - "park in a bush warbler" — 11 years ago
Name:" Gokyo"/ brewery: Sakai shuzou/ region; Iwakuni city, Yamaguchi prefecture/ category: junmai unpressed squeezed unpasturised / light and fruity nose of melon and pear, smooth attack and sweet body, clear after. Nice balance. — 11 years ago
Sake name: "Niwa no Uguisu"/category: tokubetsu junmai hiyaoroshi/ brewery: Yamaguchi sake company/ comment: light nose with hint of pear, dry and tasty. — 12 years ago
Norb bday dinner — 6 years ago
八千代 Yamaguchi Nishiki 40% polished Junmai daiginjo in special cedar box — 8 years ago
Beautifully balanced. Absolutely delicious — 9 years ago
This tastes like clean dew. It is amazing. — 10 years ago
Japanese sparkling sake. Sweet like dessert!!! — 10 years ago
Name:"Tōyōbijin"/ brewery:Sumikawa shuzoujou/ region: Yamaguchi prefecture/ category: junmaiginjo/crispy acid and light sweetness. — 11 years ago
Name:" Niwa no Uguisu"/ brewery: Yamaguchi shuzoujou/ region: Kurume city, Fujuoka prefecture/ category:selected junmaiginjo unpasturised/ fresh note of pine, juicy acid and clear sweetness. — 11 years ago
So elegant. — 12 years ago
From Kyoko when she visited in June 2019 — 6 years ago
Very good warm sake. Smooth finish with a hint of licorice. Will definitely have again. — 6 years ago
The otter really shines in this. — 7 years ago
Birthday dinner sake. Gorgeous velvet texture and sharp finish — 8 years ago
Rich, more salty than normal. — 10 years ago
Château Mercian Private Reserve Koshu Toriibira — 11 years ago
Name:" Niwano Uguisu"/ subtitle:" Inabikari ,(sparking light of thunder)"/ brewery: Yamaguchi shuzoujou/ region: Fukuoka prefecture/ category: junmaiginjo/ fresh and rich taste — 11 years ago
Name:" Toyobijin, Asian beauty"/ subtitle:" Survived Sake"/ brewery: Sumikawa shuzoujou/ region: Yamaguchi prefecture/ non-category/this brewery suffered big damage caused by heavy rain disaster last year. All of survived sake was mixed./ clear aroma, apple, peach, light sweetness, smart and crispy acid, dry after. — 11 years ago
Name: "Chouyou Fukumusume"/ brewery: Iwasaki shuzou/ region: Yamaguchi prefecture/ category: daiginjo /cepage: Yamadanishiki/ comment: lightly sweet, crispy acid, clear. — 12 years ago
John Munro
Oldest vines I. Japan — 5 years ago