I received a bottle of Numero Sisu from Sogapeur et Fis.
This sake is produced by the winery only during the winter months.
It is made entirely from Miyamanishiki grown in Nagano Prefecture and brewed in the classic ikamatake style. They also make sake using yeasts No. 1 to No. 5, which are not even kept by the Japan Brewers Association.
The sake we received this time was produced in March 2024.
I was lucky enough to be able to purchase both the Domaine Ikeda lot and the normal lot, the latter of which I was able to purchase.
The manufacturer's quality guarantee expires at the end of May. Even though it is stored below freezing, it has been 9 months since purchase and 6 months since the expiration date.
Perhaps this in-house storage was a good thing, because at the time of tasting it tasted fresh at best, or green and hard depending on how you look at it, but it seemed to have lost some of its angularity, softened, and gained a fruitier feel. Perhaps it is a preconceived notion, but while there are apple-like nuances typical of Nagano sake, you can also enjoy the fresh acidity of a white wine.
According to the label on the back, after the quality assurance period, it "may become a SAKE with a super-geeky aroma and taste." But personally, I was lucky because it changed in the direction I liked.
I guess it is about time for it to start appearing again this year.
I hope I will be able to encounter it somewhere.
Tsubu, I offer you a toast 🍶🙏🙏.
First sogape🥹💖.
D Paisen gave it to me and I was thinking about the timing but somehow I opened the bottle...
White wine? Hmm? It's sake 🍶 😵💫
It was too delicious...
Thanks, D Paisen 🥲.
The fourth one is Matsuzaki Sake Brewery, a daily in my neighborhood: ⭐️
I could have bought two bottles last year...
Good evening, Muro 😃.
I like sogape 🥹I'm planning to go to Nagano next year to buy some😇.
Quicksilver! There are a lot of Hiro-chan nigori in my hometown Fukushima ‼️ Utsunomiya is also pretty easy to buy 🤗.
Good evening, Dr. Jay & Nobby♪
Nagano is nice🙆I'm planning to go to Nagano with my juniors too ‼️
I thought Hiro had a second, third and even fourth shipment 🤔.
I'm into maturing so I'll still buy more 😁.
This is Mr. Soga's Riasake Naturel 🥂.
This will be the last sake of Mr. Soga's 6BY at Master's store.
The first aroma is a sweet aroma with a slight Obuse flavor.
When you put it in your mouth, it has a slight acidity and a moderate sweetness.
It finishes with a slight astringency that is typical of Miyamanishiki.
It was delicious with just the right amount of flavor. ✨️🥂
The third picture is the tasting menu at Obuse Winery where we stopped during our trip 🍷.
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At a dinner the day before yesterday.
I was able to buy sogapere at Masariya in Tamapura and brought it in.
Numerosis has more distribution.
White wine as usual 😁.
Beer→Numerosis→Miyazumi→Nechiozan
Sogapère Effis numérosis Ikeda lot 🍶 that has been sitting in a regular fridge for almost a year.
I honestly didn't like the apricot taste when I drank it right after purchase, so I put the second bottle down so far 😅.
This was a sweet and fruity sake with less apricot taste â
I wonder if I should buy it this year or forgo it 😩.
Good evening, Mitsuta24😃.
We've never been to Sogape-sama's house 🥲I'm thinking of going on another expedition to Nagano in February or March next year🤗.
My friends and I were taken to Sembello. We found an extraordinary rare gem. I would recommend it to women as it has a wonderful taste with a hint of sake and a hint of white wine.
I've been saving this one especially for you to have a drink with me when you're done.
The offering of a glass!
Like the sweetness of a mellow white wine.
I'm sure you would have enjoyed it.
This is Soga's Trois 5BY.
I couldn't drink it in Nagano, so I decided to open it after I got home from my trip 🥂.
First, I drank it cold.
The first aroma is sweet with a hint of raw hiney.
When you put it in your mouth, it has a mild sweetness with a hint of acidity.
The flavor is well balanced, but there is a unique raw hiney aroma unique to Obuse.
This is the reason why last month when flos_lingua_est drank a 4.5 year old wine, he said it would be good to let it sit for about a year 🤔.
Then hot sake 🍶.
The top aroma is the aromatic aroma of heated nama sake.
The top aroma is the aromatic aroma of heated nama sake 🤤.
In the mouth, it has a clear and mild sweetness with a slight acidity.
The aroma of nama-hine is not bothering me at all, it's well-balanced 😊.
Obuse should only be heated if you're curious about the raw hiney 😤.
Just kidding 😜!
The third and fourth pictures are of Obuse Winery, about a 15 minute walk from Obuse Station on the Nagano Electric Railway Nagano Line.
No photos inside the winery as photography is prohibited, but we tasted 7 different wines and bought a bottle of wine at the store before leaving 😊.
I asked the staff at the kiosk about the sake, as it was a weekday when I visited, and they told me that they are preparing sake earlier this year compared to previous years.
Is Soga going to do something new? I'm not sure 🙄 ...
Good morning, Matsuchiyo 😃.
I'm hoping to revisit Nagano next year to get my first sogape 🧐 starting fast! I'll have to be careful with this one 😅 I'll have to gather some info from ‼️
Good evening J&N🍶.
It seems to sell out pretty early in Nagano, otherwise it seems to be a point system, so it might be better to ask Kotori🐣 to tell you the store for sure 🤔.
Alcohol content: 15
Miyamanishiki
Polishing ratio: 59
I finally had a chance to drink Sogape, which I had wanted to drink for a long time.
The aroma is similar to that of ginjo.
The taste is between that of sake and wine, with a predominance of bitterness and acidity.
Incidentally, like wine, it was 750 ml, so it was the same as a bottle of wine.
I finally opened a magnum bottle because I had to open the refrigerator in preparation for the new sake!
Perhaps because it was left to rest, I feel that the acidity of the No. 6 yeast has been preserved, but the minerality has increased.
The acidity is a little strong and sweet, and the minerality gives it a nice kick.
Here's another one I put to sleep.
I don't know when to take it 😂.
It has the feeling of a fresh yeast yeast, but the fruity freshness is like a white wine 🥰.
I drank it over a few days and it didn't change (deteriorate) that much, it was delicious 😋.
A glass of wine with a full-bodied aroma. Sophisticated and elegant taste. Sweet, but clean and free of cloying flavors. Mild acidity. Slight bitterness. Enjoy the aroma. When served in a boar cup, the aroma is not so strong, and you can feel more sweetness. Muscat flavor. Very delicious. Serve with kabokki, cheese, yellowtail marinated in soy sauce and malted rice.
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