Tasting Notes The captivating Dassai 45 is given a Champagne-style secondary fermentation in the bottle creating what is probably the worlds finest sparkling sake. Dassai is made at Asahi Shuzo located in Yamaguchi prefecture in the southwest of Japan. The name meansotter festivalas apparently the otters in the local river appeared to lay out the fish they had caught as if they were having a party. The brewerys motto is every bit as endearing as their name:there is no reason for us to craft sake unless its super delicious.As a result they produce only super premium sake of Junmai Daiginjo level the most refined sake grade there is. Using only the best Yamada Nishiki (considered the king of sake rice) polished up to incredible levels Dassais beautifully crafted sakes regularly win prizes at international competitions. They are to sake what the First Growths are to the fine wine world. Dassai 45 is named after the polishing ratio numberin this case 45% because 55% of each