{"id":4701,"date":"2023-08-08T22:58:27","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T22:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/?p=4701"},"modified":"2023-08-08T23:04:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T23:04:58","slug":"a-word-on-sake-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/2023\/08\/08\/a-word-on-sake-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"A WORD ON SAKE: HEAVEN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A little over a year ago we reintroduced Japanese sake to our portfolio, something we did for a long time at the Orange location. We have what we think is a tight but well-curated selection of traditional sakes, and have seen a variety of interesting things from less traditional origins (like Brooklyn). We ran across something recently however that is perhaps one of the most intriguing pair of Sakes marketed under the Heavensake label, Heavensake Junmai Daiginjo Sake (Urakasumi)<\/strong> <\/a> and Heavensake Junmai Daiginjo Sake (Dassai)<\/a><\/strong>. For you hard core Sake fans, the individual specs of each effort are displayed on the site next to the respective bottlings. And we’ll tell you up front they aren’t cheap. But they stand alone against any Sake we have tasted at any price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s the difference? Well they are each made at a storied Sake house and both are at the highest level of quality, Junmi Daiginjo<\/em>, using high highly milled, top quality Nishiki rice. They are made under supervision of the same outside specialist. The seimaibuai<\/em> (the percentage of the rice remaining after milling) is extremely low in both cases, with the Urakasumi under 50% and the Dessai below 39%! Just given the milling and the reputation, these would no doubt be outstanding traditional sakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What makes them unique is a French connection. Regis Camus is the world-renowned chef de caves<\/em> at Maison Rare Champagne. Admired for his skillful blending, Regis defined the soul of Heavensake, immersing himself in the spirit and tradition of Japan yet clearly injecting his wine experience in the mix. His respectful ambition was to compose unique sakes showcasing the power of blending \u201c\u00e0 la fran\u00e7aise<\/em>\u201d while honoring the magnificent heritage of Japanese sake making. That he has done with aplomb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both of these have the classic floral\/anise aromatics that are recurring themes in this historic beverage. But there is also more evident nuance and stone fruit character in both the aromatics and palate that is truly distinctive and take them to the next level. The fruitiness and polish on the palate is top of the heap. But what truly defines the efforts of this ‘wine guy’ making sake is the round, smooth texture and balance that gives them an almost wine ethos. It is that last element that truly sets it apart from anything we have tasted in the category. A complete sake experience unlike any other. (Go to Heavensake) <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A little over a year ago we reintroduced Japanese sake to our portfolio, something we did for a long time at the Orange location. We have what we think is a tight but well-curated selection of traditional sakes, and have seen a variety of interesting things from less traditional origins (like Brooklyn). We ran across … Continue reading “A WORD ON SAKE: HEAVEN”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[1022],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4701"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4701"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4708,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4701\/revisions\/4708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}