1862
Back in the same year of Qing and Xianyang, the peasants in central Guizhou rose up again and again, Hualianhui moved to the provincial city of Guiyang, and carefully managed salt industry for more than ten years. Tens of thousands of taels of silver have been accumulated. When he became rich in business, Hua Lianhui also studied hard for examinations. In the first year of Guangxu (1875), he served as the Sichuan Salt Office to reform salt affairs in the third year of Guangxu.
Once, Hua Lianhui went home to visit his mother. His mother said that when he was young, he drank a very good wine in Moutai. I drank a few sips every day when I ate, and felt refreshed and full of energy during that time. It's Jin, I don't know if this kind of wine is still available. This wish of his mother was remembered in Hua Lianhui's heart.
When I arrived at Moutai again, he ordered his subordinates to search, but found nothing. The reason was that after the war, the wine room was poured, the wine kiln was filled, the wine workers were scattered or dead, and the wine industry in Moutai no longer existed. After hearing the news, the mother of China was sad, and since then, the tea and rice are not fragrant and her energy is low.
In order to allow his mother to drink this wine, Hua Lianhui bought the original brewery that was in ruins, retrieved the old winemaker, and built a trial brewing workshop on the original site. It lasted five years at Moutai. A brewery and burning workshop was rebuilt on the ruins of the town , and the " Chengyi Burning Workshop" that influenced later generations was created and became the first brewery and burning workshop with a "commercial name registration".
In 1944, Chengyi Shaofang was hit by a fire. Hualianhui's Sun Huawenqu was rebuilt and expanded. The number of pits increased to 18, and the annual output reached 21,000 kg at the peak.
At the 1915 Panama Universal Exposition, the wines of "Chengyi" and "Ronghe" (Hua Mao and Wang Mao) were presented as famous and special products. At that time, the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce came to Canada to distinguish.They were all given out in the name of "Moutai Liquor Company", collectively referred to as "Moutai Liquor". At the exhibition, Moutai conquered wine appraisers from all over the world with its unique advantages, and won the Panamanian gold award in one fell swoop, and was known as the world famous wine. Together with French cognac and British Scotch whisky, it is also known as the world's three major distilled wines, and has since become famous both at home and abroad.
From 1951 to 1952, the People’s Government of Renhuai County purchased and publicized “Chengyi Burning Workshop”, and “Chengyi Burning Workshop” was renamed as “Kweichow Provincial Monopoly Business Company Renhuai Moutai Distillery” (ie. Today's Moutai Distillery).
At the same time, through purchase and confiscation, Maotai Town’s two most famous and largest private wineries " Ronghe Shaofang" and "Hengxing Shaofang" ("Wang Mao"" Lai Mao") merged with Chengyi Shaofang to form a state-owned Moutai Distillery. After turbulent times, Chengyi Shaofang has become one of the predecessors of Moutai.
Maotai Ancient Town
Maotai Ancient Town is located on the banks of Chishui River in Renhuai City, Guizhou Province. It has always been , Qianbei_span10, a famous salt town of Maotai in Qin and Shu. "The prosperous portrayal of ", Maotai Town integrates the thick ancient salt culture, the splendid Long March culture and the mysterious wine culture. It is known as "China's No. 1 Wine Town" and is the hometown of Chengyi Shaofang.
Moutai Town is surrounded by mountains, with a low terrain and a "concave" shape. It forms a special natural environment with warm winters and hot summers and little rain. It is known as the "feng shui treasure" for brewing fine wine. Climate, soil, water quality, and the microbial community in the air, etc., play a decisive role in the formation of the unique thatch flavor of Chengyi sauce wine.
selected excellent food
A cup of authentic sauce-flavored wine is inseparable from good ingredients.Sorghum, wheat, and water are the main raw materials of Chengyi sauce wine. Full-grained wheat, red tassel waxy sorghum, and mineral-rich wine river water are the unique wine-making raw materials of Maotai Town, which are indispensable for creating Chengyi's unique and pure taste. Special raw materials are the guarantee of the quality of Chengyi sauce wine.
red tassel sorghum
commonly known as Hongliang, locals call it "sand", it is an organic glutinous sorghum produced in Maotai Town, Kweichow, its grains are firm, full and uniform, and have small grains. Thick skin, best waxy, high starch content, amylopectin accounts for more than 90%, low wine yield, and its cross section is glassy, which is very conducive to the multiple rounds of baking with Chengyi's unique process and the consumption of nutrients Also within a reasonable range!
In addition, red tassel sorghum also contains 1.68% tannins. This substance is more in red wine, and it is good for the heart and blood vessels because of the existence of this substance. The important thing is that this kind of red tassel sorghum can only be grown under the unique moisture, soil and climatic environment of Maotai Town, which is one of the reasons why Chengyi sauce wine cannot be replicated!
High-quality wheat
Good grain produces good koji, good koji produces good wine, high-quality wheat: golden color, full and uniform grains, thin skin, rich in protein, and protein is brewed in the traditional craftsmanship of Maotai Town In the process, it will be degraded into small molecular soluble substances by microorganisms and enzymes under appropriate temperature and acidity, and produce aroma and taste substances in the wine body, resulting in a good effect of full body and elegant aroma.
High-quality wheat is also rich in fiber, good air permeability is conducive to the growth and reproduction of microorganisms, so as to obtain a variety of beneficial enzymes to ensure normal fermentation of sauce wine for a long time.
Chishuihe water
originated in Zhenxiong County, Yunnan Province,It flows along the border of Sichuan and Guizhou to Maotai Town. There are no polluting industries in the entire river basin. It is a river that is protected and managed by the Ministry of Environmental Protection. The natural ecological protection is relatively good. The water quality of the modified water system contains more than 170 trace elements and minerals. It is a high-quality brewing. An important reason for sauce-flavor liquor . The water quality of Chishui River is moderate (PH7.2-7.8) and hardness is 8.4-7.8. It is an excellent resource for wine making. The Chishui River Basin is now the world’s core wine-producing area comparable to , burgundy, and Porto.
traditional ancient method
Establishing a stable development road for a century of Chengyi sauce wine is also inseparable from the traditional winemaking process (exclusive double sauce brewing process) that has been adhered to.
It takes at least five years for a bottle of Chengyi Shaofang Liquor to go from a raw material to a glass of wine. During this period, it will be divided into two feedings, nine cooking times, and eight drying times, plus koji and high temperature accumulation. , Fermentation in the pool, wine collection, storage, blending, etc.
After a long, special and mysterious biological reaction process, under the co-provided effect of the huge microbial population in the pit and the air, the traditional wine-making process makes all kinds of beneficial microorganisms put in the wine body.
A hundred years of circulation and now a legendary brewing
Here we will inherit the Chinese cultural heritage with the gentlemen of the world
Guard the origin of Maojiu, the wine channel is long, and the gentleman is sincere
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