Iwa 5 Junmai Daiginjo Sake Reserves (720ml) Lettie Teague WSJ On Wine The nose shows black cherry

The nose shows black cherry

and buttery finish

and grapefruit

Morgen Long blends its finest vineyards—Koosah

Iwa 5 Junmai Daiginjo Sake Reserves (720ml) Lettie Teague WSJ On Wine The nose shows black cherrySake is almost never given deliberate age; IWA Reserves is built entirely from it. Where the annual IWA 5 Assemblages capture a single year's vibrancy, Reserves blends twelve separate aged lots, some going back to 2017, matured between two and seven years at the Shiraiwa brewery for an average age of at least four and a half years. It is the work of Richard Geoffroy, who spent 28 years as chef de cave at Dom Perignon before moving to Toyama to brew