Miroku Junmai Daiginjo TRUE SAKE EXCLUSIVE

The nose on this Niigata Prefecture masterpiece is a very gentle collection of steamed rice, milk, Camembert, cotton, nutmeg, pie crust, crème brûlée, and straw aromas. It takes a special sake to become a "True Sake Selection", and Miroku is at the highest end of this amazing collection. Using local Koshitanrei rice milled to 40% and bottle aged for two years, this is a purely “Niigata-style” super brew. In a word, this takes the style of "like-water" sake and makes it even more incredibly light. Clean, smooth, lush, velvety, plump, and silky, this is the essence of elegant sake, and drinks with world-class complexity that will astound sake connoisseurs, and will make new sake drinkers smile. Look for very gentle flavors of powdered sugar, nougat, pine nuts, whipped butter, white button mushrooms, rock sugar, caramel, and hot chocolate as it warms in the glass. And the finish? The perfect “like-water” sake that is round and soft, with the perfect “phantom finish” where you don’t remember swallowing. In a word, this could be the absolute gentlest gushing of umami in the entire sake world. And best of all, this gentle and elegant sake is a food pairing super star, as it goes with anything from land or sea, and balances every pairing so professionally. WORD: Masterpiece WINE: Soft Reds/Gentle Whites BEER: Creamy Ales FOODS: All seafood, steaks, chops, venison, fowl, smoked game, French fare, complex premium cuisines the world over. (2024)