Type
Hakkaisan Brewery · Niigata
Hakkaisan "Yukimuro" 3 Year Aged Junmai Daiginjo
$89.00
No sales tax — Oregon
Rice
Yuki no Sei, Gohyakumangoku
Prefecture
Niigata
Flavor profileEach scale is our tasting-room read on where this bottle sits between two extremes — dry to sweet, light to full-bodied, soft to acidic, and subtle to aromatic. These are subjective, however, and will shift with food, serveware & temp.
DrySweetBalanced dry: reads as dry, with a little bit of softness, or maybe a fruit/brown sugar note that tempers the impression of dryness. Most people will read "2" as dry.
LightFullFull: rich and mouth-coating, lots of presence and intensity, usually higher in sweetness, alcohol, age, and/or umami. A powerful sake you can't help but notice.
SoftAcidicVery soft: gentle and mellow, almost no perceptible acidity. A "1" sake isn't flat or boring, but is balanced around overall subtlety and softness, using other characteristics to give it structure.
SubtleAromaticModerate aroma: noticeable from the glass. Most often, moderate intensity aromas are either ginjo-ka (fruit, florals) or koshu-ka (nuts, mushroom, brown sugar).
Playful, delicate aromatics on the nose: dried flowers, jujube, quince, poached pear, balanced by a creamy tropical lift: soursop, avocado, dragonfruit. On the palate, Yukimuro opens up joyously, expanding in soft round waves, powerful flavor ending in a long trail of late Summer aromas.
This Junmai Daiginjo Genshu sake was matured in a near-freezing room, naturally chilled by a massive pile of snow! A snow-chilled storage room is known as a “Yukimuro," and this method of preservation has been used traditionally in Uonuma for centuries. From the cold of the snow alone, temperature is naturally kept stable at 3 degrees Celsius without the use of electricity. After three years, the sake becomes round and very smooth.
Your case:
$30 flat-rate case shipping (up to 12 bottles) — the more you add, the less per bottle. Per federal requirements, an adult (21+) with photo ID must be present to receive the delivery.
Sake Club members: $20 shipping (up to 12 bottles) with your club bottles About the clubs
Specifications
Region: Chubu
Type: Junmai Daiginjo & Daiginjo
Style: Koshu: Aged
Rice: Yuki no Sei, Gohyakumangoku
Rice-Polishing Ratio: 50%
ABV: 17% (genshu)
SMV: -1
Acidity: 1.5
Yeast: #1001, M310
Size: 720ml
Shipping
Available nationwide to states and counties that permit alcohol. No sales tax (Oregon). Flat-rate case shipping; in-store pickup available.
Pick up in person
Shop open Tu–Sun. Order online and pick up at the shop — 107 SE Washington St. #121, Portland, Oregon.
