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Whisky Advocate: "Although only two years older, this expression of Hakushu — the first to be launched in the U.S. — shows a fleshier side to the distillery’s wares. While it has retained the freshness of the 10 year old, it shows more pineapple and grapefruit on the nose, with a little fragrance of jasmine and osmanthus. On the palate, it’s fresh and lively with a hint of persimmon and a tickle of smoke. Recommended. (DB, Spring 2012)" K&L Notes: Suntory's Hakushu, known as the "forest distillery," was built in 1973 as a sister distillery to Suntory's ...
Price: $169.99
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91 points Wine Enthusiast: "The newest blended whisky offering from Hibiki is burnished gold in the glass and has a bold aroma that mixes vanilla, fresh pear and a hint of smoke. The smokiness comes forward at the first sip, wrapping around a core of oak and vanilla custard and finishing long, with a mouthwatering bitter chocolate note. *Wine Enthusiast Best of 2016* (KN)" (03/2016) 90 points Whisky Advocate: "Poised and complex, with typically lifted fruitiness: strawberry ice cream, pineapple, peach, balanced by delicate oak, bamboo shoot-like delica...
Price: $84.99
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The most famous of all Japanese whiskies turns 100 this year. The House of Suntory has been committed to producing the highest quality malt whisky for a century and their flagship 12-year-old is one of the world's most sought-after and collectible single malts. It's comprised of a blend of whiskies aged in a multitude of barrel types. From ex-sherry, ex-bourbon to refill hogsheads and first fill mizunara with a minimum age of 12 years old, the recipe does indeed include some much older malts, which create a complexity and refinement well beyond its state...
Price: $300.00
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While the Hakushu distillery came a bit later than Yamazaki, The House of Suntory is celebrating its centennial with these limited edition special releases from their two single malt distilleries. Yamazaki and Hakushu both have 100th Anniversary offerings featuring an understated label and supremely delicious 12 year old whiskies from their respective distilleries. The unique Japanese style utilizes a wide array of barrel types, peat levels, and still shapes and sizes to produce many different malts at each distillery. The blend of all of these makes for...
Price: $300.00
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94 points Whisky Advocate: "For Nikka From the Barrel, it’s been a long road to Whisky of the Year. This Japanese blend made its U.S. debut in 2018, but its inception dates back more than 30 years. In 1985, Nikka Whisky Distilling Company’s blending team, led by Shigeo Sato, designed this whisky using both malt and grain whiskies produced at Nikka’s Yoichi and Miyagikyo Distilleries. When taking into account the full array of casks—bourbon barrels, sherry butts, refill hogsheads, and more—over 100 different constituent whiskies are enlisted.
“From the ...
Price: $74.99
92 points Whisky Advocate: "Sweet, with subtle, crisp, nutty oak, then comes fudge, ripe banana, and peach. The overall effect is like eating vanilla ice cream with toffee fudge and hazelnut sprinkles. The structure is thick and physical, the palate sweet and quite fat, with light hints of raspberry, fruit salad. A jag of acidity freshens the delivery on the finish. With water there’s more toffee, and it becomes slightly more yielding, with less oak. For me the gold standard of grain. (DB, Fall 2015)" 90 points Wine Enthusiast: "The name of this whisky ...
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A blend of malt and grain spirit, this Japanese whisky is actually all distilled in Japan at the Akashi distillery. It's loaded with caramel, vanilla, and rich cereal notes. A great everyday drinker at an affordable price that is distilled in the country it's claimed to be from - a rarity these days.
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94 points Int'l Wine Cellar: "Very pale yellow. Complex nose offers saline, herbal and spicy notes, with a minty coolness. Wonderfully subtle, complex and precise, with a distinctly ethereal quality, high-pitched minerality and superb lift. Finishes very dry and persistent, with lovely lift. This is made inside an igloo in Hokkaido, in Japan's extreme north, where below-freezing temperature prevents unwanted bacteria from surviving, thus ensuring a very pure sake. The clear sake is separated from the fermenting rice lees by putting it into canvas bags an...
Price: $67.99
Established in 1922, Mii no Kotobuki are slow-pace brewers, with a high attention to detail, producing tiny amounts of sensational sake. The Toji [Master Brewer] at Mii no Kotobuki is Tadatsugu Inoue who has been making the Sake here since 1996. For the ‘Biden Hojo’ Inoue-san utilises local ‘Itoshima’ Yamada-Nishiki rice. The ‘Biden Hojo’ shows a vibrant nose of fragrant melon with hints of aniseed. The palate is layered showing melon, fennel with a touch of savoury spice.
Price: $29.99
If you've loved Fukucho's Moon On the Water Junmai Ginjo, you owe it to yourself to taste the Namazake version. Brewed by one of Japan's only female brew masters this Hiroshima brewery is famed for it's soft waters which make for remarkably delicate sake. Made from Yamada Nishiki and polished to 55%.
Price: $39.99
Possibly the sexiest Nigori we have ever tasted. You don't usually see Nigori at a Daiginjo level! This is sleek and delightfully light. There is a touch of zippy acidity, which helps lift the sweetness of the rice. Great fruity notes and a very clean style for a creamy sake.
Price: $12.99
Watari Bune is an "heirloom" rice strain, meaning it has never been crossed with another variety. It is also one of the parent strains to Yamada Nishiki, the most celebrated sake rice. Watari Bune had gone out of use for fifty years until this brewery revived it in 1988 with 14 grams of seeds. By 1996, they won a gold medal at Japan's National Sake Competition, and another in 1998. This is a deep, nutty, earthy, and complex sake with balancing notes of tropical pineapple and honeydew melon. One of the best pairings for umami-rich foods like pate or monkf...
Price: $39.99
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96 points, two Double Gold Medals at 2019 the San Francisco International Wine Competition. This is a unique collaboration between former Piper-Heidsieck Master Blender/Cellar Master Regis Camus and the famous Dassai Brewery in Yamaguchi Prefecture. The result is a luxurious junmai daiginjo unlike any other on the market. Mr. Camus has created a sake for the wine aficionado that seeks to highlight the aromatic potential of the ancient fermented rice beverage. He's selected the finest brewers in Japan to create this Franco-Japanese composition and works c...
Price: $99.99
Tsuru-ume Lemon is a limited, seasonal Tsuru-ume. Local lemons from Wakayama are squeezed with the skin left on directly into Heiwa's exceptional sake. The result is one of the most interesting and delicious drinks on the planet. Zesty, bright acidity, coupled with subtle sweetness and a pithy finish. You can chill and crush it by the glass or mix it with sparkling water for the ultimate summer spritz.
Price: $39.99
Tamagawa Sake has built a reputation for producing ultra-high-quality sake of great distinction. The brewery, called Kinoshita, was established in 1842 and is the only Japanese sake brewery under the direction of a non-Japanese toji, the illustrious Philip Harper. The house style prioritizes intensity of flavor and elegance, but retains exquisite balance nonetheless. The spectacular "Red Label" Yamahai is fermented with ambient yeast unique to the Kinoshita Brewery and is never filtered or diluted. One of the most robust and full-flavored in their portfo...
Price: $34.99
This beautiful Junmai Ginjo is aged for a minimum of 3 years in Hakkai Brewery’s snow-storage room, called the Yukimuro. The flavor is initially subdued, before it unfolds into the rich and solid sake that it is. While nestled comfortably in tanks chilled by literal tons of pure white snow, it develops into a round and smooth sake with a subtle and fine aroma and a mellow, dry finish.
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90 points Wine Enthusiast: "The name of this whisky has nothing to do with coffee—rather, it's named for a type of still invented by Aneas Coffey, which is used to make this golden spirit. It offers mild vanilla-pear aromatics and is relatively light and silky on the palate. Look for a light vanilla sweetness at first, which gives way to a rounded dark chocolate note and baking spice finish. Recommended for highballs and other mixed drinks. " (03/2016) Whisky Advocate: "Now a hugely welcome part of the core range, this whisky—made in Coffey stills at t...
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94 points Wine Enthusiast: "This elegant single malt from Nikka bears a dark, vibrant gold color, with smoke and caramel aromas. On the palate, look for well-balanced notes of citrus peel, cedar and oak, and a gentle waft of smoke. An astringent sensation on the finish sets the mouth watering, leading to a full-bodied, almost oily texture. Recommended for sipping neat. (KN)" (02/2013) 92 points Whisky Advocate: "Yoichi age statements are gone for now, but if the whisky stays this good, I can live with that. Black earthy peat, smoldering fires, a turned...
Price: $89.99
The famous Watari Bune Junmai Daiginjo is one of Japan's most beloved sake. The Huchu Homare Brewery in Ikabari prefecture is a national cultural landmark. Founded in 1854 by the Yamauchi family, they named it Huchu Homare or "Pride of Huchu" to celebrate the history of Ishioka and its water. Huchu means capital in this city, which was once the capital city. The brand Watari Buni, was created by Takaaki Yamauchi, after learning about this once prized and now defunct strain of rice. Popular in the 1920's and 30's, Watari Bune was a late harvesting varieta...
Price: $119.99
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Fresh, crisp, clean, and delicious! This is the Demon Slayer style--ultra dry sugar levels, but it remains absolutely balanced and without a sharp bite. While this wonderful dry style does well served cold, you can definitely serve it at room temperature to exhibit more intense aromatics. An absolute joy to drink and easily at the top of my list for recommending to both sake experts and newcomers alike.
Price: $49.99
Watari Bune is an "heirloom" rice strain, meaning it has never been crossed with another variety. It is also one of the parent strains to Yamada Nishiki, the most celebrated sake rice. Watari Bune had gone out of use for fifty years until this brewery revived it in 1988 with 14 grams of seeds. By 1996, they won a gold medal at Japan's National Sake Competition, and another in 1998. This is a deep, nutty, earthy, and complex sake with balancing notes of tropical pineapple and honeydew melon. One of the best pairings for umami-rich foods like pate or monkf...
Price: $18.99
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The "freshly pressed" Alpha 3 is a single pasteurized Junmai Daiginjo. Using a proprietary bottling technique Brewery Yucho Shuzo, which has been a leader in the Nara region for 300 years, allows plenty of C02 to remain in the sake. The result is something effervecent although not as "sparkling" as the typical sparkling sake, using added CO2 or seconardy fermentation. The light zippy character further bolsters the already excellent acidity in this unique and completely delicious Junmai Daiginjo. Using 100% akitsuho rice, a rare heirloom varietal from the...
Price: $44.99
From the importer: "From one of Japan's smallest breweries, this Daiginjo is made with Japan's highest quality rice and local Fushimi mizu, the soft, pure water from Japan's Eastern Mountains. Highly-respected rice farmer Masayasu Tanaka carefully works the naturally fertilized soils of his farm in eastern Tottori prefecture to grow some of Japan's best quality Yamada Nishiki, considered the pinnacle of premium sake rice...The aromas of anise, banana, and a hint of sweet rice are quite complex. These same flavors come rushing through the full-bodied pala...
Price: $38.99
Mitobe Shuzo was founded in 1898 by Yasaku Mitobe in the spa town of Tendo in Yamagata Prefecture. Tomonobu Mitobe, became the 5th generation owner and toji in 2001 of Mitobe Shuzo. In 2003, they started growing their own rice in and currently grow three varieties of rice: Dewasansan, Miyama Nishiki and Yamada Nishiki. Tomonobu Mitobe's philosophy: "I always want to introduce the best way for the brewery, so of course I have to allow for modern methods. Traditional ways or methods have very deep meaning but the most important thing is to make good sake...
Price: $47.99
This is a fairly thick and chewy "nigorizake" (cloudy sake), but it is still surprisingly dry. The aromas are bright and fresh and they show a lovely ricey and fruity combination. In the mouth, this sake has solid weight and gives the same flavors of fresh fruit and creamy fresh rice that your nose told you about. The finish has a pleasant astringency and is nicely mellow, beckoning you for another mouthful. You will rarely taste a classier nigori at this price. This maybe the ultimate food-friendly nigori.
Price: $15.99
Iichiko Silhouette is a very traditional expression of shochu and is Japan's #1 selling shochu brand. Light and eminently drinkable it is an excellent food pairing wiht a wide range of cuisines. Distilled from 100% barley. 25% ABV.
Price: $19.99
Nikka is continuing to expand its Coffey Still lineup with the addition of a new gin and vodka to complement the malt- and grain-based whiskies distilled on the multi-story apparatus located in the Miyagikyo distillery. Using Japanese citrus varieties like yuzu, kabosu, amanatsu and shikuwasa, as well as sansho pepper and apples, the gin is a burst of fresh and fruity delights. That bright citric element is then paired with juniper, angelica, coriander and lemon peel to bolster it with a clean and aromatic finish. The result is familiar, yet completely u...
Price: $42.99
In Kanosuke’s first distilling season, 180 barrels were filled: 100 ex-mellowed Kozuru rice shochu barrels, 50 ex-bourbon barrels, and 30 oloroso sherry casks. This 2022 limited-edition single malt blends these barrels to bring the sherry casks into the fore to complement the shochu and bourbon barrels. Copper pot distilled and aged for a minimum 3 years in a combination of re-charred mellowed Kozuru rice shochu American oak casks, oloroso sherry casks, and ex-bourbon casks. Bottled at a cask strength of 59% ABV, nonchillfiltered, and with no coloring or...
Price: $199.99
This eighth edition, 2023 release of the Lucky Cat series was aged in a blend of ex-bourbon, sherry, new American oak, and ex-Sakura casks.
Price: $99.99
Made from Dewasansan rice, a descendant of the iconic Omachi strain, this Junmai Ginjo is a lovely grassy, floral, and sweetly fruited sake. The rice is exclusively grown in Yamagata and helped to pave the way for teh region to receive the first Geographical Indication in all of Japan. Delicate, but not shy, this sake is very accessible and easy to apprecaite. Polished to 55%.
Price: $34.99
Flagship sake from the Konoshita Brewery. Brewery notes: "The most popular Tamagawa in the daiginjo range, and the first of our products ever to go overseas, chosen when it won double Gold Medals domestically and overseas in 2007. With a silky viscosity on the palate and rich aromatics, it is a full-flavored presence in the daiginjo class and an excellent food sake."
Price: $49.99
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This fresh unpasteurized sake from the excellent Hatsumoniji Brewery is there first sake out of the moromi pressing process. The resulting deliciousness has a light effervescence and a gorgeous texture with tiny sake lees which give it the slightest cloudy complexion. Using 100% Yamadanishiki polished at 55%, this unpasteurized sake should be stored cooled and away from light.
Price: $54.99
Aged for over a decade this Koshu is a rare style to see in the United States - there are only a few that get imported, but it is surely a treat to see and taste. Kanbara's Ancient Treasure is a Yamahai Junmai Genshu Koshu and has incredible notes of toffee, sea salt, soy sauce, Moutai Feitain, chocolate, and well aged Sauternes. Lots of koji in the production offers an incredible umami profile that matures beautifully over the years. The pairing possibilities are endless - cheese plate, foie gras, wagyu beef. Just taste it and get creative. You're likle...
Price: $89.99
90 points Wine Enthusiast: "The name of this whisky has nothing to do with coffee—rather, it's named for a type of still invented by Aneas Coffey, which is used to make this golden spirit. It offers mild vanilla-pear aromatics and is relatively light and silky on the palate. Look for a light vanilla sweetness at first, which gives way to a rounded dark chocolate note and baking spice finish. Recommended for highballs and other mixed drinks. (KN)" (03/2016) K&L Notes: Nikka is continuing to expand its Coffey Still line-up with the addition of a new gin ...
Price: $36.99
Kikusui has been run by the Takasawa family for five generations. They are committed to producing the highest quality sake at an affordable price. From the producer: "This is a light and comfortably dry premium Sake with the aroma of fresh cantaloupe and banana followed by a medium body bringing refreshing Mandarin orange-like overtones. With just the right amount of body and a comfortable dryness it enhances any dish you eat. This is a great white wine alternative that is perfect for Sake lovers and beginners alike."
Price: $24.99
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Founded in 1662, Masumi has long been considered one of the great names in sake production. The brewers describe Mountain Flower: "Fresh and fragrant, Sanka conjures images of an alpine meadow in spring. This is a subtle, elegant sake with aroma notes of peach, banana, and aniseed."
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96 points Whisky Advocate: "A spectacular drink that opens with aromas of Seville orange marmalade, milk chocolate, ground pepper, barley, and soft rounded oak, with an underlying dryness from the sherry. The umami notes are there, but are more integrated than other Hakata. An oily texture bursting with bitter plain chocolate, citrus oil, fresh walnut, black cherry, pepper, and ground ginger, develops an underlying creaminess and serves up a hazelnut finish. (JM, Summer 2023)" (09/2023) K&L Notes: *****This product will be available to ship after June ...
Price: $149.99
This rare blend of grain whiskies from four unique Nikka distilleries. It is the third and final release in the Nikka Discovery series before next years 2024 release to celebrate Nikka's 90th anniversary. Throughout Nikka's history grain whisky production has been vital. They have produced coffey grain at the Miyagikyo distillery - which is the core of this whisky, but they have also made many other grains in their experimentation over the years. Miyagikyo's other well known grain whisky - the Coffey malt is blended in along with the now closed Nikka Nis...
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Polished to a remarkable 35% this exceptional Daiginjo, with just a tiny amount of brewer's alcohol added, is the winner of many international and domesitc Japanese sake competitions. It is ripe and fruity and has a honeyed sweetness underneath the fruit. It's dry and crisp on teh finish and pairs perfectly with fatty tuna or ripe cheeses. Yamada Nishiki rice. Koyasan Nansui water. SMV +2.5 and acidity 1.3.
Price: $69.99