Dassai 50 1800ml

The 1800ml isshobin is the Dassai 50 you bring to a full table. It is the same Yamaguchi junmai daiginjo as the 720ml, brewed only from Yamadanishiki rice polished to 50% of its original size, the seimaibuai that puts it in the junmai daiginjo class, but in the format built for a long dinner, an omakase counter or a celebration where one bottle has to go round.

In the glass it is smooth and silky, with ripe pear, honeydew melon and white peach over gentle umami and a refined sweetness. At 14% ABV with an SMV of +4 it stays clean and just off dry, which is why Dassai is so often the first premium sake people are handed.

Serve it well chilled in wine glasses to open the aroma. It suits sashimi, oysters, ceviche, grilled fish and lighter Japanese dishes, and it holds up across a whole meal. Ralph's imports Dassai and delivers in Metro Manila.