No. 288INDEX / 321
Dassai Migaki Niwari Sanbu Happo Nigorizake
Asahi Shuzo, Yamaguchi
Reviewed in H1 2024
I like banana crêpes more than Christmas cake
SCOREOverall score
81pts
SPECBasic data
- Rice
- Yamadanishiki
- Polishing ratio
- 23%
- Alcohol
- —
- Type
- Yamadanishiki, Junmai Daiginjo, bottle-conditioned (secondary bottle fermentation)
- List price
- ¥8,360
PROFILEFlavour chart
JUDGEMENTStraight-Talking Sake Judgement
TOCKY's report
Taste4.0
Aroma3.0
Value for money2.0
Numata's report
Taste4.0
Aroma4.0
Value for money2.0
NOTESNumata's tasting noteTRANSLATED
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PAIRINGCOMING SOON
Dassai, the sake that stands for the whole industry. It's famous even among the general public and turns up on menus at izakaya and beyond — the ultimate weapon for converting people to sake. A deeply ripe, banana-like sweet aroma, joined by notes of fresh cream and ice cream, decks the halls for a lavish Christmas. All that sweetness and creaminess feels like biting into a cream puff dusted with powdered sugar and drowning in sweetness. It brings you right back to childhood.