Why is the authentic Maotai-flavor wine only brewed in Maotai Town?

Liquor brewing pays attention to "water, soil, gas and life".

1. Microbial communities are essential in both brewing and cellar storage. Without Maotai Town, this special microorganism living in Maotai Town for a long time could not survive.

2. The materials for brewing Maotai-flavor liquor are also very particular. The materials used are red tassel sorghum, local wheat and Chishui River, which is rich in special minerals for geological reasons.

The traditional brewing technology has been passed down for thousands of years. Many links adopt manual operation, adhering to the ancient method, and artificial intelligence replaces artificial ancient method to make wine, which can not reach the authentic taste of maotai-flavor wine. Taking Maotai Distillery as an example, stepping on koji, removing sand and taking wine have always been manual operations.

The valley area of Maotai Town is only over 400 meters above sea level, which has formed a special climate and temperature environment.

In 2000, Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd. applied to Guizhou Provincial People's Government to delimit the geographical scope of origin of Kweichow Moutai. In the same year, with the approval of Guizhou Provincial People's Government and Guizhou Provincial Bureau of Technical Supervision, the geographical range of origin of Guizhou Moutai liquor was determined to be 7.5 square kilometers. In August of the same year, an application for protection of the origin of Moutai was submitted to the State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision. After examination, the State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision issued an announcement on March 29th, 20001year, approving the protection of Moutai products originating in the region. From this day on, Maotai became the first liquor protected by geographical indication products in China, and its area of 7.5 square kilometers was destined to become the core producing area of Maotai.

20 10 may, recommended by Guizhou provincial bureau of quality and technical supervision, the state bureau of quality and technical supervision accepted the application of Guizhou provincial people's government to adjust the protection name and scope of Moutai geographical indication products, and passed the extension of the geographical origin of Moutai to 15.3 square kilometers.

Maotai Town is located in the east bank of Chishui River, west of renhuai city 13km, east longitude106 22 ",north latitude 27 51",with an area of 8 square kilometers, surrounded by mountains and waters. In the lush riverside area, there are now "Red Army Martyrs Cemetery" and "Red Army Crossing the River Monument". Maotai Town has always been a famous town in northern Guizhou. In ancient times, there was a prosperous portrayal of "Sichuan salt returned to Guizhou and Qin merchants gathered in Maotai". The liquor industry in this area is booming, and the local production of "Moutai" has a long history. There are 20 wineries in the middle of18th century. 19 15 maotai won the gold medal of Panama world Expo, and maotai town became famous all over the world. By the beginning of the 20th century, it had become one of the world-famous wines.

1935 The Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants crossed Chishui in Maotai on the Long March and wrote magnificent poems in the revolutionary history of China. Maotai Town, known as "the first wine town in China", is the hometown of Maotai-flavor wine with ancient salt culture, splendid Long March culture and mysterious wine culture.

The annual average temperature in Maotai Town is 18 degrees Celsius, the lowest temperature in winter is 2.7 degrees Celsius, and the highest temperature in summer is 40.6 degrees Celsius. The hot season lasts more than half a year, the temperature difference in winter is small, and the frost-free period is long. The air humidity and temperature here provide excellent conditions for the proliferation of microbial communities. As long as you walk into Maotai Town, you will smell more and more fragrant wine from far and near. In fact, this wandering air, with different smells flowing, is a microbial spirit that can be smelled without the naked eye. Looking from the commanding heights of Maotai Town, the purple soil came into our eyes. This kind of soil is called purple sand shale, which is the result of the comprehensive influence of altitude and soil-forming parent material through rock impact and rain erosion. The content of sandy and gravelly soil in the soil is high, and the soil is loose, with large pores and strong permeability. When surface water and groundwater flow into the earth and rush to Chishui River, they are transformed into sweet and delicious natural mountain springs after filtration and absorption, which are rich in minerals and a large number of microorganisms, providing a unique natural environment for wine making.

Every drop of wine customized by Song winemakers is super red tassel sorghum, which is brewed according to the thousand-year-old method. After the Dragon Boat Festival koji-making, Chongyang Xiasha, secondary feeding, nine times cooking, eight times koji-adding fermentation and seven times wine-taking. Not every grain of sorghum is qualified to be the raw material for Song winemakers to customize wine. Every drop of maoxiang is passed down. The origin of Maotai is 7.5 square kilometers. Kweichow Moutai is an unrepeatable geography. Every grain is heaven and earth.

The difference between native red tassel sorghum and non-native sorghum (such as northeast sorghum) lies not only in its appearance, but also in its inherent quality created by its unique geographical and climatic environment. However, due to the scarcity of the original red tassel sorghum, it is often hard to find one in the acquisition season. Song winemaker chose Maotai Group's wine as his customized wine. Under the premise of the Group's strength and policy protection, we absolutely guarantee the quality and supply of drinks for customers. Therefore, many wine makers use northeast sorghum to replace or blend.

From the traditional brewing technology, the original red tassel sorghum can produce wine seven times, while the northeast sorghum can only produce wine three or four times. In the season, every red tassel sorghum is out of date. We all use the latest red tassel sorghum in the season, make wine by traditional ancient methods, and take the wine seven times. Hand-harvested, hand-selected materials, each grain is carefully selected, not every grain of sorghum is qualified to become the raw material for Song winemakers to customize wine.

Song sommelier made custom-made wine, which was brewed by the ancient method of super red tassel sorghum, to ensure the taste of Moutai for thousands of years, and to clean up the source.

Born as a human being, long as a human being, we can maintain the original flavor. Only by inheriting the ancient law and removing the roots can we ensure the inheritance of every drop of maoxiang. The unrepeatable geographical and climatic environment of Kweichow Moutai, with an origin of 7.5 square kilometers, endows the core producing area of Moutai with an absolute monopoly position, and also ensures the mellow and thorough inheritance of every drop of maotai.