What are the raw materials of Moutai liquor and how is it made?

Moutai uses local high-quality waxy sorghum as raw material, and uses wheat to make high-temperature koji, and the amount of koji is more than the raw material. The use of koji, long fermentation period, multiple fermentations, multiple wine extractions and other unique techniques are important reasons for the unique style and excellent quality of Moutai.

Making Moutai requires two times of cutting, nine times of cooking, eight times of drying and adding koji (seven times of fermentation), and seven times of taking the wine. The production cycle is as long as one year, and then it is aged for three times. For more than 1 year, the wine is blended and stored for another year to make the wine more harmonious, mellow, soft, and soft before bottling and leaving the factory. The entire production process takes nearly five years.

The water used to brew Moutai is mainly water from the Chishui River. The water in the Chishui River is of good quality. The wine distilled from this slightly sweet water with no dissolved impurities is particularly sweet. Therefore, a poet in the Qing Dynasty once praised the Chishui River with the line "Gathering spiritual springs in one body, collecting beautiful water flowing eastwards".

Maotai Town also has very special natural environment and climate conditions. It is located in the basin at the lowest point of the Guizhou Plateau, with an altitude of only 440 meters. It is far away from the plateau airflow and has dense clouds and fog all day long. The high temperature period in summer lasts for 5 months at 35-39°C, and most of the year is shrouded in sultry, humid rain and fog.

This special climate, water quality, and soil conditions are very beneficial to the fermentation and maturation of the wine. At the same time, it also partially plays a decisive role in the microbial production, refinement, increase and decrease of the aroma components in Moutai. effect. It can be said that without the special climatic conditions here, some aroma components in the wine will not be produced at all, and the taste of the wine will be lacking. Extended information

The style and quality characteristics of Kweichow Moutai are "prominent sauce aroma, elegant and delicate, mellow body, long aftertaste, and long-lasting aroma in the empty cup". Its special style comes from the accumulation of years. The unique traditional brewing techniques and brewing methods are combined with the agricultural production in the Chishui River Basin. Affected by the environment, seasonal production, the Dragon Boat Festival and the Double Ninth Festival have retained some traces of the original local life.

Moutai is China’s traditional specialty wine. It is one of the world's three most famous distilled spirits, along with Scotch whiskey and French Cognac. It is also one of China's three most famous wines, "Mao Wu Jian". It is also the originator of Daqu Maotai-flavor liquor, with a history of more than 800 years.

Reference material: Baidu Encyclopedia-Moutai liquor

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