

ABOUT THIS BOTTLE
DASSAI 23 UMESHU
The “Dassai Umeshu“. It’s a honkaku umeshu meaning it contains only the base alcohol which is DASSAI 23, sugar, and plums — thus no added flavoring, coloring, or souring agents. The liquor used in the new umeshu is of course Dassai’s world-famous Junmai Daiginjo 23%, in which Yamadanishiki rice being milled down to 23%.

Rice Polishing Ratio
This sake is made from 100% Yamada-Nishiki rice that has been polished down to 23%.

Through crises and difficulties, Asahi Shuzo has carefully innovated their own unique way to brew sake. Over the past few years they adapted their work to produce sake year-round (instead of just during sake season), something all but unheard-of in the industry. By producing sake steadily, they have succeeded in minimizing variables, allowing them to focus on the minutiae of the craft. These details include labor-intensive hand-craft methods that have been proven over centuries to yield better sake, but also the most modern technology applied in the right measure, in the right places.