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How does Chinese liquor rank? Who is the boss of Chinese liquor?

Chinese baijiu, also known as shaojiu, baijian, and shaojizi, is a traditional distilled liquor. It is both the most commonly consumed alcoholic beverage in the country and a great gift for traditional festivals.

Baijiu has a composite flavor with esters as the main body, and can be divided into soy sauce, strong flavor, clear flavor, phoenix flavor, rice flavor, special flavor and other types of taste, the entrance is soft, a line of throat, there is always a suitable for you.

Today, we will take stock of China's top ten liquor.

Tenth: Jiannanchun

Jiannanchun produced in Mianzhu City, Sichuan Province, because Mianzhu in the Tang Dynasty belongs to the Jiannan Road, so it is called "Jiannanchun".

The predecessor of Jennanchun wine, Jiannan Shochun, was the imperial wine of the Tang Dynasty as recorded in the official history. During the Tang Dynasty, the Silk Road prospered as a result of the openness and tolerance of the Tang Dynasty, and the imperial wine, Jiannan Shochun, took advantage of this opportunity to become famous all over the world.

Jiannanchun is famous for its "rich aroma and beautiful taste", and it adopts the traditional brewing technology of "solid-state fermentation in mud cellar", and has been stored for many years, which makes it a good wine.

Ninth: Langjiu

Langjiu began in 1898 and has been brewed for a hundred years using water from the Langquan spring at Erlang Beach, hence its name. The characteristics of Langjiu are "prominent soy sauce flavor, mellow and refreshing, elegant and delicate, with a long aftertaste, leaving a long fragrance in the empty glass".

Langjiu and Moutai have deep roots, not only in the same water source, the brewing process is also very similar, and the two are known as China's two major soy sauce-flavored liquor. Comparatively speaking, Langjiu's soy sauce aroma is more rich and intense, with a "thick with sauce" flavor.

Eighth: Xifeng Liquor

Xifeng Liquor, produced in Fengxiang County, Shaanxi Province, is a phoenix-scented, large-quartet liquor made from sorghum and spring water, and is brewed in a very unique way that is different from other liquors.

Xifeng Liquor makes use of earthen cellars and large containers - the sea of liquor - for its brewing, "sealing the altar in the spring, setting up the cellar in the summer, separating the altar in the fall, and repairing the sea in the winter". The color of Xifeng wine is clear and transparent, the aroma is fragrant, and the taste of the wine is mellow and clean. 1952, the first national wine evaluation meeting, Xifeng wine was selected as one of China's four famous wines.

Seventh: Shui Jing Fang

Shui Jing Fang began brewing in the Yuan Dynasty, the workshop is located in Chengdu, China, outside the Old East Gate Bridge, is the site of a Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasty Sichuan wine old burners, known as "China's first workshop for liquor", but also the history of the oldest liquor workshop, which is included in the Guinness Book of World Records.

ShuiJingFang selects the unique strains of bacteria from the 600-year old cellar, and brews the classic flavor of "rich layers, aging aroma, sweetness and elegance", which is a typical representative of strong-flavored liquor.

Sixth place: Gujing Tribute Liquor

Gujing Tribute Liquor is a traditional liquor from Bozhou, Anhui Province, whose origins began in the first year of Jian'an (196), when Cao Cao offered his hometown of Bozhou's "Nine Brewing Spring Liquor" and its brewing method to Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty.

Gujing Tribute Wine inherits the "Nine Brews Liquor Method" and adopts the "Wuji Water and Peach Blossom Spring Quartz", which has a unique style of "clear color like crystal, pure aroma like orchid, sweet and mellow in the mouth, and long-lasting aftertaste", and has been recognized as one of the most popular and popular alcoholic drinks in China. With the unique style of "clear color like crystal, pure aroma like orchid, sweet and mellow taste, and long aftertaste", it is known as "Peony of Wine", and is loved by the majority of consumers.

Fifth place: Fenjiu

Fenjiu is a clear-flavored liquor produced in Xinghuacun, Fenyang City, Shanxi Province, so it is also known as "Xinghuacun Wine". During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Fen Liquor, as the imperial wine of the court, was highly praised by Emperor Wucheng of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and was included in the Twenty-four Histories, making it a famous wine.

Fen Wine's craftsmanship is superb, and it is famous for its clear and clean, elegant and pure, sweet and long flavor, i.e., the three best of color and aroma, and it has won the Gold Medal of the Panama Universal Exposition, and has been exported to more than 40 countries and regions in five continents of the world.

Fourth: Luzhou Laojiao

Luzhou Laojiao is produced in Luzhou, Sichuan Province, the general name of the strong aroma of Daqu wine. Luzhou Laojiao Co., Ltd. also has a series of sub-brands such as Guojiao 1573, Luzhou Laojiao Special Qu, First Qu, Second Qu, etc. Its production of liquor is a typical representative of single-grain, strongly flavored liquor, and its cellar aroma is also known as the style of "Lu Xiang".

Luzhou has a long history of brewing, dating back to the Qin and Han dynasties, through the development of the Tang and Song dynasties, to the Ming and Qing dynasties Luzhou old cellar wine brewing techniques finally matured and finalized. Some of these cellars were built in 1573 (the first year of the Wanli reign), and have been in continuous use for more than four hundred years, and are national key cultural relics protection units, national treasures cellar, known as the national cellar.

Luzhou Laojiao, as the birthplace of Daqu wine, China's oldest four famous liquor, typical representative of strong aroma Daqu wine, honored as "wine in the Titan", with "cellar aroma, especially fragrant after drinking, clean and sweet, long aftertaste," the authentic strong flavor.

Third: Yanghe Daqu

Yanghe Daqu is produced in Yanghe Town, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, the rise of the Sui and Tang dynasties, flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Qing Yongzheng period, Yanghe Daqu marketing Jianghuai area, there are "Fuquan wine sea fragrance beauty, flavor accounted for the first family of Jianghuai" reputation, is the tribute of the Qing royal family.

Yanghe wine is made from high-quality sorghum, with high-temperature fire quartz made from wheat, barley and peas as the fermenting agent, and brewed with local spring water "Beauty Spring". Characterized by a rich aroma, pure and coordinated taste, and characterized by "sweetness, softness, softness, purity and fragrance", it is one of the most representative liquors of the Jianghuai region.

Second place: Wuliangye

Wuliangye is produced in Yibin City, Sichuan Province, with sorghum, wheat, rice, corn, glutinous rice, five kinds of grain fermentation and brewing, so it is called "Wuliangye".

Wuliangye is unique in strong liquor, using aged cellar fermentation, carefully blended, and is known for its unique style of "long aroma, mellow flavor, sweet taste in the mouth, clean and refreshing in the throat, harmonization of flavors, just right, and comprehensive flavor".

At the Panama Universal Exposition in 1915, Wuliangye was awarded the Gold Medal, and since then it has become famous all over the world, and is now exported to more than 100 countries and regions overseas, making it an outstanding model of Chinese strong-flavored liquor. "China's Wuliangye, the world's Wuliangye".

First place: Moutai

Moutai is a traditional Chinese specialty liquor with a history of more than 800 years, and is the originator of the large-quart soy sauce-flavored liquor. Along with Scotch whisky and French cognac, Moutai is known as one of the world's top three distilled spirits.

Moutai smells fragrant, mellow and rich, smell and taste are emitting a strong aroma, and its special style comes from the unique traditional brewing techniques that have been formed over the years, with a "clear and transparent color, soy sauce aroma is prominent, mellow aroma, elegant and delicate, the entrance is soft and silky, refreshing and refreshing, mellow and rich body, a long aftertaste, and a long-lasting fragrance in empty cups. "

Maohuatou Moulin is a wine that is characterized by its style.

Moutai wine, with its long history of brewing, unique brewing process and profound brewing culture, plays an incomparable role in China's political, diplomatic and economic life, and is sought after and loved by the majority of consumers.

Moutai has gained great fame, and has been sold all over the world and won many awards, and has been regarded as "the world's famous wine" and "the light of the motherland".

China Maotai, the fragrance of the world.