N by HIDETOSHI NAKATA

DISTINCTION Created with a vision to create the world’s finest premium sake. Handcrafted with precise, labour-intensive brewing techniques, and the rarest, most highly valued sake rice in Japan, only 1000 bottles of this limited edition sake are produced each vintage. From the farmer, to brewer, glassmaker, metal forger, paper maker, calligraphy artist and many more artisans – N by Hidetoshi Nakata is a culmination of craftsmanship. CHARACTER Aromatic, Luxurious, Complex, Smooth. TASTING NOTE Appearance―Pale, yellow-green. Nose― Clean with pronounced intensity. Sumptuous aromas of cantaloupe melon, Shine muscat, Fuji apple, La France pear, white peach, kumquat, and white flowers Palate― Smooth, rich and superbly structured with notes of ripe melon, luscious fruit, rose water and orange zest at the fore. In the mid-palate the flavour develops a rich, luxurious complexity which swells, expands and then elegantly recedes into a long and graceful finish. Rice Varietal― Yokawa, Hyogo Prefecture grown Special A Grade Yamada Nishiki & Aiyama 750ml 15% Vintage Notes― Produced in 2022, and aged for 18 months at -8℃ to allow the flavour to develop richness and complexity. Due to the long, hot summer in 2022, the condition of the Hyogo-grown Yamada Nishiki and Aiyama rice that year was particularly hard, resulting in lower yield and a tighter, drier taste in the resulting sake. However, careful maturation has created a softer, rounder, more silky expression than previous vintages, while retaining the harmonious aromatic, delicious complexity and depth that is so characteristic of N by Hidetoshi Nakata.