IWA5 Assemblage 1 720ml

Assemblage 1

Balanced, complex with uncommonly dark aromatics

The singularity of IWA 5 is set at the first attempt, Assemblage 1, which I developed along a very fine line: staying true to Sake, yet unconventional in many aspects.

First and foremost, IWA 5 is shifting the global expression of classical Sake to a greater equilibrium between nose and palate. Palatability is key, IWA 5’s main asset. Its opulence is restrained and weightless, nothing sugar sweet, the sensation of the mellow coming out of IWA 5’s sheer balance. Intensity is as much depth as length. The persistence is refined saline, sapid with distinct umami character. Complex, layered, Assemblage 1 is playing here with uncommonly dark aromatics.

IWA 5 Assemblage 1 is sophisticated, coherent and essentially legible.

Its characteristics continue evolving through warming and breathing:
10°C
Restrained tactile pure vegetal fruity

14°C
Suspended vibrant spicy fruity woody

18°C
More bitter and persistent mouth-watering complex iodine, then licorice