Kweichow Moutai 2021 Chai You
Kweichow Moutai Chai You is a type of Moutai which has been blended with 5- to 10 year old Moutai. This is mellow, elegant, and profoundly complex. The classic savoury nuttiness of Sauce Aroma baijiu is in full effect, yet it's beautifully integrated with a sweet fruitiness that gradually emerges on the back palate. It’s interesting to note that the more you age a Moutai, the more savoury notes begin to emerge. The bright fruitiness persists and comes forth more fully on the finish. The alcohol is also remarkably smooth, with less heat still than younger expressions, making it really easy to imbibe.
Bottled 14 December 2021.
Content 500ml - volume 53%
In China, Moutai (or Maotai) is known as ‘the national liquor’. It is made from a grain called red sorghum at Kweichow Moutai Co, Ltd, the country’s most famous baijiu (Chinese spirits) distillery. Maotai is served at all Chinese state banquets and often presented as a diplomatic gift.
Moutai is produced in Maotai Town, which is located within Guizhou (Kweichou) Province. Like champagne, only the baijiu produced in Maotai Town can be called Maotai, and more specifically only the baijiu produced by Kweichow Moutai Co, Ltd. Other Maotai is called Maotai Town baijiu. Exactly when the first formal liquor production sites in the town of Maotai were established is not known, but one source dates a distilling workshop to 1599 during the Ming dynasty.
In the early 1950s, local government merged Chengyi, Ronghe and Hengxing to establish the state-run Moutai Distillery. Since then, it has undergone multiple expansions.
Today, the share price of Kweichow Moutai Co, Ltd continues to rise. According to a report by Fortune, ‘Maotai baijiu’s fiery flavour and potential to appreciate in price is driving blistering demand. That in turn has pushed its market value to more than $145 billion, well past British whisky giant Diageo Plc.’
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