Recommended series: Guojiao 1573, Luzhou Special Song, Luzhou Touqu
Sichuan Luzhou has the reputation of a wine city since ancient times, with a history of more than 1,000 years of winemaking, and Luzhou Laojiao is a large-scale winemaking enterprise developed on the basis of 36 ancient winemaking workshops. In 2006, it was selected into the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, and the ancient cellar pond group of the Ming Dynasty built in 1573 AD was also selected as the national tangible cultural heritage, making Luzhou Laojiao a "double national treasure unit". In addition, the Luzhou Laojiao special song series has also obtained the China time-honored brand certification. At present, Luzhou Laojiao is a high-end liquor brand with a high market share, second only to Moutai and Wuliangye.
Luzhou Laojiao liquor raw materials are selected glutinous red sorghum, its starch content reaches more than 60%, the wine yield and wine quality are high, Daqu is made of soft wheat, and the biggest feature of its wine-making process comes from the cellar pond - 1573 National Treasure Cellar Pool, in which a large number of microorganisms give the wine a unique flavor. The process of strong aromatic liquor can be further divided into the original cellar method, the running cellar method, and the old five retort process, and Luzhou Laojiao Distillery has integrated the three processes and successfully created the "original cellar layered brewing process", which has significantly improved the yield and quality of liquor. Its main brewing process is raw grain fermentation, solid-state distillation, cave storage and careful blending, the flavoring liquor in the blending link is stored for more than 30 years, and the quality is excellent, so it can be well blended, so that the flavor of each product remains stable, as the head brand, Luzhou Laojiao's quality control level is also first-class in the industry.
Luzhou Laojiao's products are mainly concentrated in the middle and high-end levels, and the well-known series include the Guojiao 1573 series, the high-end Tequ series and the cellar-aged wine series, as well as the low-end Touqu series. Touqu is one of the low-end products, priced at about 100 yuan, which is very common in ordinary restaurants; The special song is its core single product, with an online unit price of about 240 yuan, with a rich aroma, fragrant entrance, mellow and sweet taste, and a long aftertaste, with the outstanding characteristics of high-quality aromatic liquor; Luzhou Tequ is its main product, positioned in the mid-range, with large sales and popularity. In addition, the cellar-aged wine series is a medium-to-high-end wine that has been cellared for many years in Luzhou Laojiao, which is divided into three types: 30 years, 60 years and 90 years.
Taking the main series Guojiao 1573 as an example, the fermentation time in the cellar is as long as 12 months, and the wine is usually divided into the head, heart and tail, and only the heart is picked for use, and the winemaker decides the timing of the wine picking based on experience. Its body is balanced, the tasting process is smooth - there is a typical cellar aroma when smelling, mixed with grain aroma and mellow aroma, the aroma is rich but can be coordinated, the entrance is mellow, not dry or strong, sweet but not greasy, the aroma is rich in changes, the middle section has grain aroma, the tail section has mellow sweetness, honey sweet and sweet compound taste, sweet and comfortable, it is an excellent strong aroma type liquor. The price of Guojiao 1573 is not low, the unit price of 500ml is 850 yuan, the price is high, fortunately, it also has a small wine model of 50ml, the price is about 100 yuan, which is suitable for tasting and drinking.