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Just a quick note. I bought a bottle of Sharaku 写楽 (#10 on this list), at my local wine store. I picked the junmaishu (gold characters on the label). I\'d say it\'s about 3 months old, they just received the shipment last week. They also had junmai ginjo (bronze characters, oddly no back label with date), and a pricey black label junmai daiginjo in a box.

I thought I\'d start with this sort of entry level bottle, before taking a leap with the pricier options. (Not that I have any place to corkage it anyway... sigh)

Any thoughts @ChuToroZuke? Any more information about the company, its history and reputation? I think this brand gets overshadowed by some of the other names on this list, but I\'m quite happy I came across it! I believe I\'ve had Miyaizumi 宮泉 before, but this is my first time trying Sharaku.<\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Thank you so much for the write up ChuToroZuke

Jikon is probably my favourite sake of all time - I\'ve longed to find it retail but have never seen it but the two opportunities I\'ve been able to obtain it in restaurants were completely outstanding!

Is it actually possible to find this retail? Would love to bring some bottles home with me next time I\'m in Japan. I\'ll definitely keep an eye out for the others on this list as nihonshu is my drink of choice!<\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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https://blog.wblakegray.com/2019/07/the-real-story-of-juyondai-mysterious.html<\/a>

Interesting write up on juyondai<\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Just a small note from your list. Today, I got my hands on a couple bottles of Kaze no Mori. \'Wind of the Woods\' and the black label version, \'Tsuyuhakaze\' junmai. Both are a junmai muroka nama genshu. Lucked out on the shipping with this cold weather, and both were in pretty good condition. The black bottle was quite effervescent, and stronger. I could go with either, but leaned towards the white label. Chef preferred the black one. Would be interested in trying their higher level stuff. This makes two Nara based sake brands I now recognize easily. I actually visited Hakushika once, several years ago.

Had my bottle of Hiroki daiginjo a day before. Extremely balanced sake, and could probably pair with anything. Not overly sweet.

One of the staff working at the restaurant, mentioned that she\'s from Mie. And getting a bottle of Jikon is not easy, even if you live there. She\'s also is a big fan of Aramasa.

Planning to open my bottle of Denshu and Isojiman in a week or so. Hope to come across the higher levels of all of the above, when I visit Japan in the spring. Thanks for all your hard work on sake education, ChuToroZuke.<\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Just a quick note. I bought a bottle of Sharaku 写楽 (#10 on this list), at my local wine store. I picked the junmaishu (gold characters on the label). I\'d say it\'s about 3 months old, they just received the shipment last week. They also had junmai ginjo (bronze characters, oddly no back label with date), and a pricey black label junmai daiginjo in a box.

I thought I\'d start with this sort of entry level bottle, before taking a leap with the pricier options. (Not that I have any place to corkage it anyway... sigh)

Any thoughts @ChuToroZuke? Any more information about the company, its history and reputation? I think this brand gets overshadowed by some of the other names on this list, but I\'m quite happy I came across it! I believe I\'ve had Miyaizumi 宮泉 before, but this is my first time trying Sharaku.<\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Jikon is probably my favourite sake of all time - I\'ve longed to find it retail but have never seen it but the two opportunities I\'ve been able to obtain it in restaurants were completely outstanding!

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Had my bottle of Hiroki daiginjo a day before. Extremely balanced sake, and could probably pair with anything. Not overly sweet.

One of the staff working at the restaurant, mentioned that she\'s from Mie. And getting a bottle of Jikon is not easy, even if you live there. She\'s also is a big fan of Aramasa.

Planning to open my bottle of Denshu and Isojiman in a week or so. Hope to come across the higher levels of all of the above, when I visit Japan in the spring. Thanks for all your hard work on sake education, ChuToroZuke.<\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n