There used to be a very popular program on CCTV called: A Bite of China. In the third episode when talking about the transformation of food, the brewing of wine was mentioned in particular. Everyone knows that wine is made from grain, but Many people are also wondering why not all land in China can be used to make wine? Why is only the liquor from Maotai Town famous all over the world? This is about the relationship between wine brewing and the natural environment!
Moutai Town, Renhuai City, Guizhou Province is a world-renowned golden liquor producing area. It has witnessed the glory of the prosperous times, and the Maotai Town Maotai-flavor liquor with continuous history originated from here.
The fragrant and high-quality Maotai-flavor wine comes from Maotai Town, where the valley is filled with the intoxicating aroma of wine. The purple calcareous soil in Maotai Town is uniquely endowed with good water permeability, providing a unique brewing environment for the brewing of Daqu Maotai-flavor wine. The winters here are warm and the summers are hot with little rainfall, which is most suitable for the generation and reproduction of wine-making microorganisms; the annual precipitation is 800-1000 mm, and the sunshine is abundant; the Chishui River, known as the Wine River, has excellent water quality; the year-round moderate temperatures and high summer temperatures are very suitable for the air. Countless floating microorganisms...the mellow aroma of Maotai Town Maotai-flavor wine is closely related to them.
The raw materials sorghum and wheat used in Maotai-flavor wine are produced in the Chishui River Basin. The sorghum here has small particles, thick skin, oblate and firm, dry and resistant to boiling, steaming and stirring; the wheat particles are full Even, no insects, no mildew, deep and powdery abdominal groove. Just before the Dragon Boat Festival, new wheat matures and goes on the market. Everything is so natural. The time difference between the two feedings coincides with the maturity time of sorghum in the valleys and hills of the Chishui River Basin. Everything is created by heaven and earth, and is integrated into one.
One of the biggest characteristics of Maotai-flavor liquor is that it retains its fragrance in an empty cup, and high-quality Maotai-flavor liquor is the ultimate. An empty cup filled with Maotai liquor will retain its fragrance for half a month. The brewing process of wine is not as mysterious as the legend, but the tradition and ancientness of this process give high-quality Maotai-flavor wine a mysterious aura. Making koji during the Dragon Boat Festival and collecting wine during the Double Ninth Festival are the main features of Moutai brewing technology.
Authentic Maotai-flavor liquor does not add any other substances during the blending process. For strong-flavor liquor, a base liquor of about 80 degrees is baked at one time, and then blended with distilled water and essence to reach the required degree. Therefore, the quality of Maotai-flavor liquor is much higher than that of strong-flavor liquor.
The Maotai Town Maotai-flavor liquor culture has gone through thousands of years of development and evolution, forming a unique cultural model and norm. It can be restored and analyzed in a vivid cultural whole to capture its soul. , learned about the depth of his unique cave. From pure grain fermentation to seven steaming and seven boiling techniques, it carries the history and legend of Maotai Town Maotai-flavor liquor...