Look for hints of brown sugar
Why age sake for three years in a snow box
with a rock sugar and white pepper finish
WORD: Smooth WINE: Bordeaux/Chardonnay BEER: Creamy Ales FOODS: Complex cuisines
as it won the trophy for the entire "Sparkling Sake" field at the 2021 International Wine Challenge
Tenbi Tokubetsu Junmai "Kara Ten" Size:720ml Look for hints of brownThe nose on this clever New World Junmai is a slick collection of chestnut, white pepper, apricot, straw, goldenrod, and steamed rice aromas. We love Tenbi, a very new brewery (2020) that makes bright, tingly, and effervescent sake that we lovingly call New World or New School Modern. They say that, "Kara Ten's crisp taste is achieved by lowering the glucose level and using Kobo (yeast) #7", and we say that it drinks gloriously dry and has a really