13/05/2025
Daishichi is one of our favorite breweries, making sake that is both complex and wonderfully elegant—an achievement attained using older brewing methods and long-term maturation in what almost looks like a sake library. Their newest special release, The Gate, was created in collaboration with Xavier Thuizat, the “Best Sommelier of France” (2022), whom we interviewed for Sake Today 40. The Gate was created through ‘assemblage’, a technique of blending various vintages of sake for special depth and flavor. Several French luminaries of the champagne industry, in fact, have been pursuing this in the sake world in recent years. This particular assemblage features the input of Xavier, Daishichi’s 10th generation owner, Hideharu Ohta, and the recipient of Japan’s “Contemporary Master Craftsman” award, Takakazu Sato.
The Gate is designed to be just that: a gate to a culinary experience where anybody can enjoy the pairing of sake with fine food. It’s flavor and aroma is such that it lends itself to pairing with an array of cuisine, whether that be French, Japanese, Italian, Thai, Chinese, or Peruvian. It can be served chilled, at room temperature, or warm—try it out in various settings to see how it transforms.
The sake was first released in Japan in April, but is coming to France, the U.S. and the U.K. This is a bottle for your collection or immediate enjoyment, for sure!
Daishichi Sake Brewery
