Field Notes on Japanese Sake
最新号
Vol.07 — 2024
Feature Review

幻の純米大吟醸

The Phantom Junmai Daiginjo

Niigata Prefecture Polishing Ratio 35% Yamahai Brewing ¥24,000 / 720ml
Sake Brewery Interior — Niigata
Yamada Nishiki Rice, Pre-Milling
Koji Cultivation Chamber
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テイスティングノート — Tasting Notes
Note #047
十四代
Juyondai — "The 14th Generation"

Ethereal stone fruit on the nose — white peach and apricot — resolving into a silken midpalate of honeydew and fresh cream. The finish is crystalline, almost impossibly clean.

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Prefecture Yamagata
Class Junmai Daiginjo
Seimaibuai 35%
Note #048
久保田 萬寿
Kubota Manju — "Ten Thousand Longevities"

A study in restraint. Dry cedar and cool mineral at entry, softening to pear skin and mochi rice. Kubota's signature precision — nothing out of place, nothing missing.

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Prefecture Niigata
Class Junmai Daiginjo
Seimaibuai 33%
Note #049
鍋島 特別純米
Nabeshima Tokubetsu Junmai

Ripe and generous — tropical citrus zest leads into steamed rice warmth. Broad-shouldered umami builds through the midpalate. A sake that fills the room before it fills the glass.

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Prefecture Saga
Class Tokubetsu Junmai
Seimaibuai 55%
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