Is Maotai puree wine Maotai?
Maotai puree wine is not Maotai. Maotai puree liquor refers to maotai-flavor liquor made from fermented grains after steaming, koji making, fermentation and distillation. Moutai is known as the "national wine". To brew Maotai liquor, you have to go through two times of blanking, nine times of cooking, eight times of spreading and adding koji (seven times of fermentation) and seven times of taking liquor. The production cycle is as long as one year, then it is aged for more than three years, blended and stored for another year. Maotai, a specialty of Maotai Town, renhuai city, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, is a symbolic product of chinese national geography. Moutai is a traditional specialty wine in China. It is one of the world's three largest distilled spirits, which is as famous as Scotch whisky and French cognac, and also one of China's three famous wines. It is also the originator of Daqu Maotai-flavor liquor with a history of more than 800 years. The style and quality characteristics of Kweichow Moutai are "outstanding sauce flavor, elegant and delicate, full-bodied, long aftertaste and lasting fragrance in empty cups". Its special style comes from the unique traditional brewing technology formed over the years. The brewing method is combined with the agricultural production in Chishui River basin, which is influenced by the environment and produced seasonally, retaining some original traces of local life.