Top ten famous wines in ancient China: Kweichow Moutai, Wuliangye, Xifeng Liquor, Shuanggou Daqu, Yanghe Daqu, Gujing Gong, Jiannanchun, Luzhou Laojiao Tequ Liquor, Fen Liquor, Dong Liquor
1. Moutai liquor
Moutai liquor has a long history and a long history. From the "sweet" praise from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in 135 BC to the praise of Zheng Zhen, the great scholar of the Qing Dynasty after 1704, as "the best wine in Guizhou", from the gold medal at the "Panama International Exposition" in 1915 to the commemorative "Panama International Exposition" in 1996 ".
Moutai uses high-quality sorghum as raw material and high-temperature koji made from wheat, 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. Brewing Moutai requires adding raw grains twice, eight times of fermentation, and nine times of distillation. The production cycle is as long as eight or nine months. It is then aged for more than three years, blended and blended, and then stored for another year. The quality of the wine is more harmonious and mellow, soft and soft. It is ready for bottling and leaves the factory. The entire production process takes nearly five years.
Moutai is the most perfect example of Maotai-flavor Daqu liquor, so "Maotai-flavor" is also called "Maotai-flavor". The wine is bright and transparent, with a slight yellow color, and the sauce aroma is outstanding and intoxicating. If you don't drink it with the cup open, the aroma will be fragrant. Drink it happily, and the mouth will be full of fragrance. After drinking, the cup will be empty, the fragrance will be bigger and last longer. The taste is elegant and delicate, the wine is full and mellow, the aftertaste is long, and the fragrance of grass is endless. Moutai liquor is pure, transparent, mellow and fragrant. It is composed of three special flavors: sauce aroma, cellar bottom aroma, and mellow sweetness. There are now more than 300 known aroma components. The alcohol content is 53 degrees. Chen Yi has a poem: "We meet again in Jinling and drink Maotai, and we wash our feet after a long journey of thousands of miles. I am deeply grateful for the poems that tell the story, and I drink a cup of it under the snow in the south of the Yangtze River."
2. Wuliangye
The world has three thousand years, five years Grain turns into jade liquid. Wuliangye liquor is a typical representative of the strong-flavor Daqu liquor. It is brewed by integrating the spirit of heaven, earth and man, using traditional techniques and selecting five kinds of high-quality grains: sorghum, glutinous rice, rice, wheat and corn. It has a unique style of "long-lasting aroma, mellow taste, sweet entrance, refreshing throat, harmonious flavor and just the right amount". It is an outstanding product among today's alcoholic products.
Wuliangye Liquor has won the gold medal of "National Famous Liquor" for several consecutive years, and was named one of China's "Top Ten Famous Trademarks" in 1991; eighty years after winning the Panama Award in 1915, it won the Panama International Trade Fair in 1995 The only gold medal for wine. So far, Wuliangye Liquor has won 32 international gold medals.
3. Xifeng Wine
Xifeng Wine is produced in Xifeng Winery, Liulin Town, Fengxiang County, Shaanxi Province. It is one of the oldest wines in my country and the world. It is a Feng-flavor Daqu liquor and is praised as a typical representative of "Feng-flavor" liquor. The alcohol content is divided into three types: 39 degrees, 55 degrees and 65 degrees. In the late Yin and Shang Dynasties, during the Battle of Muye, the Zhou army succeeded in defeating Zhou. King Wu of Zhou rewarded the three armies with the "Qin wine" produced in his hometown (today's Xifeng wine, named after it was produced in Yongcheng, Qin); later, he held a ceremony with Liulin wine. held a grand celebration of the founding of the People's Republic of China. According to the official tripod inscription of Fengxiang, during the reign of King Cheng of Zhou, Zhou Gongdan led his army to the east, quelling the anti-Zhou rebellion of Uncle Guan, Uncle Cai, and Uncle Huo. Shan County) uses Qin wine to worship ancestors and celebrate success. According to historical records, this wine was listed as a treasure in the Tang Dynasty for its "mellow and elegant aroma, sweet and refreshing taste, harmonious flavors, and clean and long tail". When Su Bin was working in Fengxiang, he was very fond of this wine. He once wrote a poem about "Liulin wine, East Lake willow, women's hand (handicraft)", which later became a legend.
Xifeng wine is made from local specialty sorghum and barley and peas. The process adopts the slag fermentation method, and the fermentation cellar is divided into two types: open cellar and dark cellar. The process flow is divided into vertical cellar, broken cellar, top cellar, round cellar, cellar insertion and cellar lifting, etc., and has its own set of operating methods. After the wine is distilled, it is stored for more than 3 years and then carefully blended before leaving the factory.
Xifeng wine is colorless, clear and transparent, mellow and fragrant, light but not light, thick but not showy. It combines the advantages of light fragrance and strong fragrance. It is elegant, harmonious with various flavors, comfortable aftertaste, and unique in style. It is known as "sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, fragrant and all the five flavors without being outstanding".
That is, it is sour but not astringent, bitter but not sticky, fragrant but not pungent, spicy but not choking the throat, sweet after drinking, and has a long and fragrant taste.
Drinking it at the right time has the benefits of promoting blood circulation, dispelling cold, refreshing and dispelling fatigue.
It has been rated as a national famous wine four times.
4. Yanghe Daqu
Yanghe Daqu is produced by Yanghe Winery in Siyang County, Jiangsu Province. It was once listed as one of the eight famous wines in China. It has been More than three hundred years of history. "Sweet, cottony, soft, clean and fragrant" are the characteristics of Yanghe Daqu. There are currently four main varieties of Yanghe Daqu: Yanghe Daqu (55 degrees), low-degree Yanghe Daqu (38 degrees), Yanghe Dunhuang Daqu and Yanghe Dunhuang Puqu.
5. Gujing Gong Liquor
This wine is produced in Gujing Distillery, Bozhou City, Anhui Province. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, King Cao Cao of Wei presented to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty the "Nine Brewing Spring Wine Method" passed down by the late magistrate of the county. According to local historical records, the water used for winemaking here comes from an ancient well that was left over from the Northern and Southern Dynasties. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the local wine was contributed to the emperor, so it was known as "Gujing tribute wine". Gujing Gongjiu is a strong-flavor liquor with the characteristics of "color as clear as crystal, fragrance as pure as orchid, sweet and mellow in the mouth, and long-lasting aftertaste".
6. Jiannanchun
Produced in Mianzhu County, Sichuan Province. Its predecessor should be regarded as the famous wine of Tang Dynasty, Jiannan Shaochun. In the Supplement to the History of the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhao in the later period of Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty listed Jiannan Shaochun among the thirteen famous wines in the world at that time. The current winery was built in April 1951. After the advent of Jiannanchun wine, the quality continued to improve. In 1979, it was rated as a national famous wine for the first time at the third national wine evaluation meeting.
7. Luzhou Laojiao Tequ Liquor
Luzhou Laojiao Tequ was identified by the country as a typical representative of strong-flavor liquor in 1952. Luzhou Laojiao Cellars was designated by the State Council as the only nationally protected cultural relic in my country's liquor industry in 1996 and is known as the "National Treasure Cellars". Luzhou Laojiao National Treasure Liquor is carefully brewed in the National Treasure Cellars. It is the best strong-flavor liquor today
8. Fen Liquor
Won the first prize at the Panama International Exposition in 1915 Gold medal, and has been rated as a national famous wine for five consecutive times. It is a typical representative of my country's light-flavor liquor and is famous for its unique style of light fragrance and purity. The typical style of its wine is soft in the mouth, sweet in the mouth, and lingering fragrance after drinking. Drinking it in moderation can drive away wind and cold, eliminate stagnation, and promote blood circulation. The alcohol content is 38 degrees, 48 ??degrees, and 53 degrees. Registered trademarks: Xinghua Village, Gujing Pavilion, Great Wall, Fen brand.
9. Dong Liquor
Dong Liquor is produced in Dong Liquor Factory, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province. From 1929 to 1930, Dong Gongsi Ciao Liquor was brewed by Cheng's brewing workshop. In 1942, it was named "Donggongsi Cellar Liquor". Dongjiu”. Zunyi Dong Winery was established in 1957. In 1963, it was the first to be rated as a national famous wine. After 1979, it has been rated as a national famous wine. The aroma of Dong wine is different from the strong aroma type and the sauce aroma type, but belongs to other aroma types. . The production method of this wine is unique, integrating the production techniques of Daqu wine and Xiaoqu wine.
10. Bamboo Leaf Green
(From ancient times to the present, it has been suitable for all ages, with random shades, and is a more subtle one.) Additional: The origin of "Nv'er Red"
The famous Shaoxing “Huadiao Wine” is also known as “Daughter’s Wine”. Jihan, a native of Shangyu in China's Jin Dynasty, recorded in his "Southern Grass and Trees": "Daughter's wine was a must-have for rich families in the old days when they gave birth to and married daughters." Speaking of this name, there is another story!
Once upon a time, there was a tailor in Shaoxing who wanted a son after taking his wife. One day, he found out that his wife was pregnant. He was so happy that he hurried home and made several jars of wine to entertain his relatives and friends when he was about to have a son. Unexpectedly, his wife gave birth to a daughter. At that time, people in society favored boys over girls, and the tailor master was no exception. He was so angry that he buried several jars of wine under the osmanthus tree in the backyard.
As time flies, my daughter has grown up and is very smart. She has learned all the crafts of a tailor and is good at embroidery. As a result, the business of the tailor shop has become more and more prosperous. The tailor took a look and thought it would be great to have a daughter! So he decided to marry her to his most proud apprentice and happily arranged his daughter's marriage.
On the day of the wedding, they were serving wine to entertain guests. The tailor was very happy with the wine. Suddenly he remembered the jars of wine buried under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree more than ten years ago, so he dug them out to treat the guests. As a result, when he opened the jars, he was filled with fragrant aroma and strong taste. Alcoholic and extremely delicious. So, everyone called this wine "Nv'er Red" wine, also known as "Nv'er's wine".
After that, when the next-door neighbors or people from far and near gave birth to a daughter, they would make wine and bury it, and when they got married, they would make wine to entertain guests, which became a custom. Later, even when a boy was born, the custom was to make wine and drink it in celebration of his son winning the first prize. Therefore, this wine was also called "No. 1 Scholar Red". "Nervhong" and "Zhuangyuanhong" are both aged wines that have been stored for a long time. This wine is so fragrant and delicious that people give it as expensive gifts.
Ner'erhong is a type of glutinous rice wine, mainly produced in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China. As early as the Song Dynasty, Shaoxing was a famous wine producing area. When a Shaoxing family gave birth to a daughter, when the child was one month old, they would select several jars of wine, seal the mouths of the jars with mud, bury them in the ground or hide them in a cellar, and take them out when the daughter gets married. When entertaining relatives and guests, it is called "Nv'erhong". Because there are usually some auspicious pictures on the altar, it is also called Huadiao. Ji Han, a native of Shangyu in China's Jin Dynasty, recorded in "Southern Grass and Trees": "Daughter's wine was a must-have item for wealthy families in the old days to give birth to and marry daughters."
Ner'erhong mainly uses high-quality glutinous rice, fine distiller's yeast, and spring water from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It is brewed using ancient methods and then stored in cellars for several years. Huadiao Liquor is soft in nature, orange in color and clear, fragrant and fragrant, and tastes sweet and mellow. Sometimes the wine is also used as a condiment, such as Huadiao chicken, Huadiao braised crab meat, etc., which are famous Shaoxing dishes.
Nier’s red wine is a full-bodied wine with six flavors of sweet, sour, bitter, pungent, fresh and astringent. In addition, it has higher nutritional value than other wines, thus forming a clear and fragrant flavor. A comprehensive style that is mellow, soft, soft and refreshing.
Color: Daughter’s red wine is mainly amber, that is, orange, transparent and clear, pure and lovely, which is pleasing to the eye.
Fragrance: Daughter’s red wine has an attractive and fragrant aroma; and it often becomes more intense as time goes by.
Taste: The taste of daughter’s red wine is the most impressive, mainly mellow, sweet and fresh, with endless aftertaste. The taste of daughter's red wine is a harmonious blend of 6 flavors. These six flavors are: sweetness, sourness, bitterness, spiciness (spicy), umami, and astringency. The above six flavors form the unusual "style" of Ner's red wine, a fascinating and very unique style.