Japanese Sake List
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Tanaka 1789 x Chartier Niepoort
Tanaka 1789 x Chartier Niepoort
Class: Tokubetsu Junmai, Muroka, Genshu
Rice: Toyo Nishiki, Kura no Hana, Gin no Iroha
Rice-Polishing Ratio: 60%
Brewery Location: Miyagi
Food Pairings: Complements both Japanese and Western cuisines, along with herb-forward and rich preparations alike, with its delightfully long, lingering finish. French dishes, citrus dishes, and game or smoked meats. Best served in a wine glass at 10-16 °C (50-60 °F).
Tasting Notes: François Chartier, who has created his blended sake line TANAKA 1789 at Tanaka Shuzo, collaborated with winemaker and master blender of port wines Dirk Niepoort to create this new sake. It is a masterpiece blend of seven Junmai sake (kimoto, yamahai, sokujo), characterized by Niepoort's signature minerality and Chartier’s “wine-like" fruitiness. Simultaneously rich, refreshing, complex and sprightly. A sake with umami, green tea expressions, some reduction and some saltiness. Capturing the best of both worlds of Japanese sake and European white wine. Continuing in the art of blending to handcraft junmai sake with more natural acidity and umami appealing to wine lovers around the globe, this very limited blend of 1,789 bottles commemorating the founding of Tanaka Shuzoten in 1789.
Size: 500ml
Brewery: Tanaka
Founded: 1789
Profile: The brewery celebrated its 230th anniversary of crafting the world’s finest sake in 2019, and was renamed Tanaka 1789. For more than two centuries, Tanaka 1789 has been producing hand-crafted sakes elaborated by using ancestral and natural methods, giving a complex, rich and singular character to its award-winning sakes made by the best toji (master brewer) using the highest quality rice.A new chapter in Tanaka’s long story was written in 2018. The brewery had invited François Chartier to collaborate. Later on, he was hired as Tanaka’s new Master Blender to work alongside the toji.
