A friend of mine gave me some of his precious sake to share with you!
There is no picture of the package, so I drank it believing in the contents of the small bottle 🍶 lol
It is a sake made by a winery, so I got the impression that it has a refreshing sweetness, but with a high alcohol content that leaves a lingering aftertaste!
I still have about half of it, so I'll drink a little bit at a time! LOL!
It is also different from conventional sake in that it is brewed in wine facilities, has a rich aroma like white wine, and is sold in white wine bottles. It is very rare and difficult to obtain due to its limited production time and short quality assurance period of 3 to 5 months. Sake is not sold directly, and if you wish to purchase it, it is very important to be persistent and frequently check the information of the distributors.
Sogapère Ephis is characterized by the use of Association No. 1 to No. 6 yeasts and the use of sake brewing techniques. In particular, yeasts No. 1 to No. 5 were thought to have disappeared with the times, but Obuse Winery preserved them for 70 years. Each brand has produced unique flavors that make the most of the characteristics of each yeast. The sake rice used is Miyamanishiki grown in Nagano Prefecture."
The stock of Socapère, which is said to be drunk a lot but has not been turned over that much. There are still 4 or 5 bottles of Socapert in the refrigerator, but they can be aged for a long time, so I put them off. I think it doesn't matter whether I drink it right away or let it sit for a while, it tastes so good that I can't help it.
The color of the liquid is a little yellowish. I wonder if it is the result of aging.
What kind of fruit is it? It seems to have a hint of grapes or apples, perhaps because it is made by a winery or because of the image of Nagano. But there may not be anything special about it. It is moderately ripe and juicy with a certain elegance, or maybe it is like a mango after 3 days!
I liked it when the temperature was higher and I could taste the flavor.
I had the impression that numerosis was a refreshing wine right after its release, so I had no idea that it had become such a juicy wine, but it is very tasty. The rear is good whether you drink it right away or let it sit for a while. If you want to taste the ripe fruitiness, it is better to let it sit for 2 years.
I love Sogape 🩷.
They have a variety of different yeasts, but I like them all so much that I can't say which one is the best. This #6 yeast version is my favorite among them: ‼️
I will try my best to get it next year 💪.
Soy milk nabe with prosciutto, potherb mustard and tofu, and satsuma-age from my uncle in the field 💖the best snack ever 😋!
I'm shinsaku3 for the impressions of the sake alone 💕.
Good evening, Mr. Peckho😄
Sogapé, I love you, Pecho 💕.
More importantly, I'm surprised that you're going to make a cured ham in a pot today ‼️ I had no idea what happens when you cook a cured ham in a slow cooker 🧐 I never thought of heating a cured ham 😆.
Hinahana Mama 🩷I hope you get to taste the sogape 🥰I'm sure you will love it too 💪.
I wrap the potherb mustard in it and eat it quickly before the potherb mustard underneath is cooked and the ham is not soggy 😋I'm getting more and more addicted to soy milk hot pot 😍.
I bought it earlier this year and it was sitting in the fridge.
Sogape-sama, we got it.
Looking closely at the description on the back label, it reads
It says, "After June 1, it may become a SAKE with a very maniacal aroma and taste."
🤔.
When we had it before it became a maniac
It's a white wine with a sake taste! Sake that tastes like white wine!
but I got the same impression this time.
I didn't feel like I was becoming a super maniac 😅.
I didn't feel any lactic acidity, and I didn't feel the taste of sake's yeast yeast yeast. It is a good combination of the taste of makashiroshi and the taste of white wine.
That's my impression👍😋.
It is not a sweet and tasty wine, but it still tastes great!
Pairing impressions by Pekho 😅
Here is my personal impression😅😅
I like it] 10 (out of 10 points)
Aroma] I don't feel it so much.
Taste sensation】5 is the maximum
-Spiciness: 0 at the beginning → 0 in the aftertaste
-Sweetness: 0 at the beginning → 0 in the aftertaste
-Sourness: 2 at the beginning → 1 in the aftertaste
-Bitterness: 0 at the beginning → 0 lingering 0
-Astringency: Start 2→ Lingering 2
-Rice flavor: 2 at the beginning→2 in the aftertaste
Mouthfeel】→3
Smaller number = light
Bigger number = richer
Good evening shinsaku3😃.
I like Sogape 🥹I will make a trip to Nagano next year to get it ‼️ I will enjoy it with the white wine we have in store for our family this year😙.
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 😁.
Muro, thank you ⁉︎🫢 for opening a sogape for the dedication 😭
How was your first sogape (numerosis)?
It's like a white wine 🤭😘.
Oops! Are you finally going to Nagano ❣️ is fun 😆♪ Nagano is fun 😆♪ Aizu is fun 💕!
Tsubu, I'm Oban: 🙇♂️
I thought it was something special 🍶...
I opened the bottle ☺️ and it made me want to go to Obuse 🍷.
I'm not sure you can buy it there though 🤣.
Thank you very much, D. 💖.
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 🍷.
⭐︎
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 🤔.
