Iwa 5 Junmai Daiginjo Sake Reserves (720ml) Lettie Teague WSJ On Wine Morgen Long blends its finest

Morgen Long blends its finest vineyards—Koosah

zesty Sauvignon Blanc from Cakebread's prized estate vineyards across Napa's coolest and warmest zones

and the oldest from 2010

The nose shows black cherry

and sappy underbrush with silky yet building tannins

Iwa 5 Junmai Daiginjo Sake Reserves (720ml) Lettie Teague WSJ On Wine Morgen Long blends its finestSake is almost never given deliberate age; IWA Reserves is built entirely from it. Where the annual IWA 5 Assemblages capture a single year's vibrancy, Reserves blends twelve separate aged lots, some going back to 2017, matured between two and seven years at the Shiraiwa brewery for an average age of at least four and a half years. It is the work of Richard Geoffroy, who spent 28 years as chef de cave at Dom Perignon before moving to Toyama to brew