NV | Sasaiwai 'Bamboo Celebration' Futsu-Shu | Japan (720ml) Francois Seconde with red fruit and floral

with red fruit and floral notes alongside seductive earthy undertones

white peach and preserved lemon that interweave with notes of freshly-churned butter and toasted oak

The 2023 vintage shows intense

is a grape native to Friuli in Italy and this little corner of western Slovenia

NV | Sasaiwai 'Bamboo Celebration' Futsu-Shu | Japan (720ml) Francois Seconde with red fruit and floralAfter the starch has been converted to sugar by the Koji and the yeast has eaten all the sugars, amazake is added then brewers alcohol just before pressing off the kasu (sake lees). The result is a dry and rich sake covering all fives tastes.