Amino acid level
Amino acid level (アミノ酸度): How much amino acid, the source of umami, a sake has. Higher tends to mean fuller and savoury, lower lighter and cleaner.
- Japanese
- アミノ酸度（あみのさんど）
- Group
- Taste & numbers
From “Sweet or dry? Reading SMV and acidity”
If the label also gives the amino acid level (アミノ酸度), read it as umami: higher means fuller and savoury, lower means lighter and cleaner.