NV | Abe Shuzo Black Label Origarami Junmai Nama Sake | Japan (720ml)

The nose on this modern brew from Niigata Prefecture is a wonderful collection of lemon lime, grapefruit, peach, cereal milk, caramelized sugar, pear, jasmine, and berry aromas. In a word, this is a trendy brewery as they make sake in a new frisky, fresh, and fun way that is sort of un-Niigata-like. Spritzy, bright, crisp, tingly, and vibrant, with an elevated acidity play, this brew mesmerizes because it also drinks light, water-like, and with a quick finish.