Chiyonosono Shared Promise Junmai Crisp The bottle may be black

The bottle may be black and white but this is pure technicolor in taste compared to the vapid

it's medium- to full-bodied

the same village

We recently had the opportunity to meet with the people at Illahe and we fell in love with their wines

Fun fact: Renato plants his field blend plot with so many interplanted varieties that even he doesn't know exactly what's in it — the vines are only 8 years old and the full picture is still emerging

Chiyonosono Shared Promise Junmai Crisp The bottle may be blackThe name tells the story. After WWII, when rice shortages meant all sake had distilled alcohol added, Chiyonosono crafted the first post war junmai sake brewed without additives of any kind and celebrated by sharing it from a large red lacquered cup called a Shuhai, a promise of continued dedication to purity. That commitment lives on in every bottle. Brewed in Kumamoto on the island of Kyushu, this rich and dry Junmai offers a soft, expansive texture