Boken, Nigori Junmai Ginjo Sake, so051525 new arrivals from the jura A connoisseur's California Syrah for

A connoisseur's California Syrah for Northern Rhone lovers

dried raspberry

unoaked Chardonnay character: light straw color

and every grape here is sourced from the village of Mardeuil

Pajé VV captures the deepest mineral expression and greatest aging potential

Boken, Nigori Junmai Ginjo Sake, so051525 new arrivals from the jura A connoisseur's California Syrah forCloudy 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,