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Junmai Daiginjo

HEAVENSAKE “Niizawa” Label Noir

HEAVENSAKE · Miyagi

HEAVENSAKE Label Noir is a collaboration between Niizawa Brewing—known for highly polished sake—and Regis Camus, the Champagne blending specialist. Precise blending of different Niizawa batches produces a clean, mineral character with bright cantaloupe and tangerine aromatics and a refreshing, fruit-driven acidity. Served in a wine glass, it bridges sake and white Burgundy in a way few other products attempt.

Why we recommend it

A sake positioned explicitly for wine drinkers, and it delivers on that premise. The mineral backbone and clean acidity distinguish it from sweeter junmai daiginjo.

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Best for

Wine drinkers who want a sake designed explicitly to bridge their existing palate—mineral, clean, and aromatic without sweetness.

Taste in brief

Clean and mineral with cantaloupe and tangerine aromatics and a fruit-driven acidity; light body, refreshing finish.

What makes it distinct

A collaboration between Niizawa Brewing and Champagne blender Régis Camus—the concept of sake assemblage is borrowed directly from wine.

Character

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Try it with

Oysters, white asparagus, tomato-based starters, or caviar—food with brightness or brininess complements the mineral character.

  • caviar
  • white asparagus
  • tomato bruschetta
  • oysters

How to serve

Serve very cold in a wine glass. The minerality and acid are best appreciated well chilled.

Chilled

For wine drinkers

The assemblage approach and mineral backbone make this the closest thing to a white Burgundy in the sake world—blended by a Champagne specialist.

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