In the bottle: Straight up sweet potato awesomeness, Rokudaimeyuri has a perfect balance of sharp and fresh with a nice subtle sweetness which ties this together nicely. After swirling this around a bit to get some oxygen in, you can also find some earthy notes along with a bit of wet hay and stone. While not overpowering, after enjoying this a bit, I felt that would you find on the nose carries through pretty well in the glass, overall, this has been a solid bottle. 

On the rocks: Very interesting, neat in the glass this felt light and wet, on the rocks with a little water from the melted ice, you get a much thicker and sweeter experience, both are great, just a bit surprised. While Rokudaimeyuri is certainly sweeter on the rocks, this is backed really well by a beautiful sweet potato freshness that brings you back sip after sip. The finish also holds up really well and definitely leans on the toasted rice and wheat/oats (if you grew up eating Oh's cereal then you know this flavor), these notes come and go leaving a bit of cocoa on the back end. Highly recommend this bottle and wish I bought the bigger bottle.  

Straight: Wow, simply wow, you are immediately treated to a burst of vanilla, burnt caramel, cocoa and hint of flowers for good measure. Overall, Rokudaimeyuri feels really soft on the pallet and goes down super smooth, and has almost no viscosity; it is really hard to describe this any other way than it feels wet. The finish is really beautiful as you get wave after wave of toasted wheat and rice as well as a host of dry vanilla, caramel and cocoa, highly recommended.