Sogen on the mana board is 55% Yamadanishiki milled rice, Hachitanishiki milled rice, etc.
It is served cold, but I was advised that good sake mellows out and tastes different when heated.
Sogen goes well with sashimi, and we were told that it goes better with blue fish, which has a delicious flavor and fat content, than with white fish.
He recommended Hachitanishiki for sashimi and Yamadanishiki for grilled fish.
https://takamyu.com/drink/sougen/
Sogen Junmai - filtered raw sake
Sake Rice: Yamadanishiki produced in Hyogo Prefecture
Toji: Yukio Sakaguchi (Noto Toji)
(Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture / Sogen Shuzo)
This is the richest and most preferred of Sogen's series of nama sake.
Sogen Shinshu Shiboritate Nama-nazake 720ml [Winter only
Alcohol content: 19%.
Rice polishing ratio: 65
SAKURA is now my aperitif, so I opened a bottle of Sogen for my mid-meal drink.
I found it in the fridge of Yamaya in Nanao last month!
Manufactured in 2024.2 means it is a sake that survived 1.1.
12 to 19 degrees. It is sweet, thick, and delicious.
I'm going to warm the rest of it tonight.
The aroma of sweet, mild koji malt rises to the surface.
When you drink it, it has a melon-like fruitiness 🍈 and the thick umami of the rice comes through with a bang.
The sweetness is firm, but crisp and clear.
It is like pure ripe rice juice. I don't think there is such a thing as fully ripe rice, but that is my impression.
It seems to be a four-stage brewing process, so I guess that's the effect 🤔.
19°❕.
But I don't think it's that much degrees and it's refined ✨.
I felt like a slightly milder version of Shiboritate by Shiborizuru, but the impression is very different 😋.
Jurian, good evening 🌆.
I have had this before and I have a strong memory of it, with quite a booming rich mellow impact.
It is different from Shiboritate of Shiborizuru, but it comes to mind, doesn't it?
Hi Hi Hiraccio, ☀️
I think you are right about the richness of the sake.
I found its thickness to be unparalleled, but it was an interesting sake without much heaviness 👍.