Heavensake Junmai Daiginjo Noir NV (720mL)

Last Bottle’ SAKE SATURDAY!  We’re bringing back the NOIR – new bottling, same stunning junmai daiginjo sake! When it’s this good (ahem, 96 POINTS, Best In Show…TWICE), and we can offer it to you for over $60 OFF?!?! We’re going there. And you NEED to come along for the ride! It IS wine, after all, just made from rice, pure spring water, and koji (yeast). Pair this with virtually anything – including sushi (obviously) – but also caviar, parmesan cheese, Chinese potstickers, Thai food, fish n’ chips…

Take master Champagne blender, and EIGHT time International Wine Challenge Winemaker of the Year, Régis Camus (ahem…Piper-Heidsieck Champagne), and pair him up with the iconic sake brewery, Dassai (which just so happens to produce some of the world’s most sought-after sakes), and you have a partnership made in HEAVEN! Crazy, utterly INSANE price. Seriously – Régis Camus makes this exceptional blend from Dassai’s iconic “23” and “39” bottlings – which can sell for upwards of $285 a bottle at your favorite Michelin-starred sushi spot! 

Nowhere near $285. Not even the $100 retail...we’re talking UNDER $40! For the full-size, 720mL bottle? Oh, yes! Made using only the finest Yamada Nishiki rice (the KING of sake rice), with the pristine local water of the Yamaguchi prefecture in southern Japan – this is ain’t no “sake bomb” all-you-can-eat sushi bar libation – and for gods’ sake – don’t you dare serve this warm! This is elegant, round, and incredibly aromatic, with the sort of depth to make even the most perceptible Montrachet purist blush. Lychee, and rambutan, with mandarin orange, and delicate jasmine. Then muscat grapes, Sauternes-poached pears, apricots in syrup, and white raspberries – oh, MY!!! The way it rolls across your tongue! Creamy, silky, and ridiculously smooth – with a nicely drying sensation of clove, river rocks, and salted plums! This is a crazy long finish – and just a PERFECT balance of sweet fruits, floral aromatics, earthy spices, and cooling minerality. Dang…just, dang.

I probably should have led with this – we don’t have much! Last time we featured this gorgeous sake…it absolutely SLAYED! Sold out in minutes, then we called our guy and scored twice as much, sold that out too, got some more, sold all of it…it was just our favorite kind of madness. So…don’t miss out this time! We’ve already been told we can’t get more – sake is ALL the rage with the young drinkers of America – and one sip of this fine nectar and you’ll agree that Pete Townshend said it best… “The Kids Are Alright!” 

THIS is a must-have. Get more than you think…you can’t beat this price! 96 POINTS!! UNDER FORTY DOLLARS!! While it lasts, good people!!!

** You’re gonna want to serve this chilled, in a white wine glass, ideally. Chill it in your refrigerator, open it up, and allow it to sit on the counter for about 10-15 minutes before serving. You’re gonna lose it! **