Gunma Izumi Yamahai Honjozo Sauvignon Blanc Matthieu Finot arrived in the

Matthieu Finot arrived in the United States from his native France in 2003

resulting in a sake that remains versatile at the table

The wine is bottled unfiltered after eleven months of aging in cement cuves

Georgia's most widely planted white grape

Gunma Izumi Yamahai Honjozo Sauvignon Blanc Matthieu Finot arrived in theGunma Izumi yamahai honjozo comes from Shimazaki Shuzo, a small traditional brewery in Gunma Prefecture known for producing sake in a more old fashioned and labor intensive style. The brewery has built a reputation around yamahai fermentation, a historic method that relies on naturally developing lactic acid in the starter rather than adding it directly. While more time consuming and difficult to manage, yamahai often produces sake with greater