NV Benten Sawane Junmai Ginjo Yamagata 750 ml

We're thrilled to bring you the sake equivalent of a single-vineyard wine, and it’s one of the finest and rarest botlings we’ve ever discovered. The Benten Sawane Junmai Ginjo is crafted from a single strain of rice and pure mountain snowmelt from Japan’s leading sake prefecture, making this sake a picture of clarity, precision, and elegance. 

Sake lovers know Benten as a luxe producer that’s hard to find outside of Japan or France’s finest restaurants. For wine lovers, it offers a delicious foray into the highest echelon of Japanese craftsmanship.

The Sawane astounds the senses, with aromatic waves of night-blooming jasmine, just-picked nectarine, yuzu zest, and freshwater minerality carried on a silken frame. It's a sake that will elevate any meal or conversation whenever you choose to open it.

From their perch in the Echigo mountains, Benten is an undisputed expert in the Junmai Gingo category. These mountains receive the highest snowfalls in Japan, and the pristine water from them instills a marvelously silken texture to this sake.

Goto San, the eighth-generation leader of Benten, capitalizes on this inimitable water to craft a sake that stands with the best. Combined with local Dewanosato rice, which accentuates the wine's lifted acidity and mineral undertones, this Junmai Gingo is elegant and smooth, showcasing pure, floral scents underscored by a soft minerality that has to be tasted to be fully appreciated.