Gekkeikan Sake Co.
Horin Junmai Daiginjo
From the sake bottle
Monde Selection Grand Gold Medal, five consecutive years, 2006 through 2010. One of the most consistent award records in sake.
Sake Review
Our Tasting Notes
Banana pudding on the nose, wild orchid on the palate, and the smooth warmth of a good bourbon on the finish.
The biggest surprise was...
Gekkeikan made this. Gekkeikan is the sake brand most North Americans meet first, the one in the green bottle at HEB. Horin is what happens when the same brewer goes all the way.
What hit first was...
A very impressive banana scent that reminded me of a Texas BBQ joint’s banana pudding topped with a vanilla wafer.
The sweetness here is...
The kind that shifts over time and never overpowers. Sweet on entry like a ripe fruit, switching to a tropical orchid, then almost to a dried fruit or aged bourbon.
The kind of evening this was made for...
A seven course meal where nobody is in a hurry. The kind of night where you sip, savor, and let the sake shift through its flavors between bites.
If this sake were a place it would be...
The perfect beach you can imagine. A beach umbrella, a plate of hors d’oeuvres, and an endless sunset.
