Iwa 5 Junmai Daiginjo Assemblage 3

Description

Founded and created by Richard Geoffroy the former Chef de Cave of Dom Perignon for 28 years. IWAs approach is marked by Geoffroy’s desire to protect the soul of sake while pioneering the art of blending finished sakes followed by an extended bottle maturation (minimum of 15 months). Each year a new assemblage is released using three rice varieties (Yamadanishiki Omachi Gohyakumangoku) from four regions and five yeast varieties (sake and wine yeasts) in complete harmony and balance. On the nose the first notes are bright ones intriguingly vegetal more formal than fruity to grow more complex through darker lower tones. Intensity is the salient character giving an edge to a racy and mouthwatering conclusion. On the palate all sensations seaml