Boken, Nigori Junmai Ginjo Sake, so051525 new arrivals from the jura unoaked Chardonnay character: light straw

unoaked Chardonnay character: light straw color

A serious grower fizz that punches far above its category

aged 9-12 months with 30% new oak and pneumatic pressing

A connoisseur's California Syrah for Northern Rhone lovers

followed by 6 months in vat

Boken, Nigori Junmai Ginjo Sake, so051525 new arrivals from the jura unoaked Chardonnay character: light strawCloudy sake that isn't a milkshake. This is usu nigori only lightly filtered, so a fine haze of rice stays in the bottle brewed by Hiraizumi Honpo in Akita, where the winters are brutal and the methods are old. They use yamahai, letting the yeast starter develop over roughly four weeks instead of the ten or twelve days modern brewing takes, and that patience is where the earthy, umami backbone comes from. Junmai Ginjo grade, local Akitakomachi rice,