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bifter
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 Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:11 pm Post subject: Kweichow Moutai |
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I know this is a whisky forum but I thought someone here might have some knowledge about Moutai, it's the closest thing the Chinese have to whisky:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maotai
http://chinabevnews.*/category/kweichow-moutai/
Anyway, I've acquired a bottle of Kweichow, which is apparently the best regarded brand. However I know next to nothing about the type or its value. From what I can see online it could be worth something so any advice would be greatly appreciated?
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| Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:54 pm Post subject: Re: Kweichow Moutai |
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| bifter wrote: | I know this is a whisky forum but I thought someone here might have some knowledge about Moutai, it's the closest thing the Chinese have to whisky:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maotai
http://chinabevnews.*/category/kweichow-moutai/
Anyway, I've acquired a bottle of Kweichow, which is apparently the best regarded brand. However I know next to nothing about the type or its value. From what I can see online it could be worth something so any advice would be greatly appreciated?
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Believe it or not Olie, there's a couple of hundred bottles of the stuff available at the LCBO here at a whopping price. Go figure, eh!
http://lcbo.com/lcbo-ear/lcbo/product/searchResults.do?ITEM_NAME=895037&ITEM_NUMBER=895037
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bifter
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| Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 10:17 pm Post subject: Re: Kweichow Moutai |
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I noticed that actually but Canadian prices are not always a good indication for other markets. I noticed that older bottles seem to be more valuable but I'm not clear if it keeps maturing in the bottle like some ports. This bottle has 2006 in large letters on the back.
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bifter
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| Quote: | | Unlike wine, Maotai doesn't have vintages. One year is much like any other: The sorghum from which it's made isn't affected by the weather in the same way grapes are. But connoisseurs will tell you that it matures with age. And while it's anathema to mix different wine vintages, one popular way to make your 30-year-old Maotai last that little bit longer is by mixing a little with Maotai produced more recently. |
Looks like I should hang to this one! By all accounts it's an acquired taste for a western palette anyway.
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Going by the description i just found via google i am sure it will be an aquired taste
| Quote: | | its aroma and taste are reminiscent of Soy Sauce, pear, walnut and almond. |
I really couldnt imagine what that would taste like but it must have something as it appears to be enjoyed by the majority of the Chinese population and has the reputation of being China's National Wine. |
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To be fair.....being appreciated by the hordes of chinese is hardly a good indicator.
I wont mention the bottle looks like sprayable whipped cream because that doesnt matter.......
........But the fact they adore Tiger and whale penis, snakes and......well, anything that flys, crawls or swims doesnt mean they have a taste for nice whisky.
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| Kweichow Moutai is a new one to me, is it a wine or spirit, what is it produced from? Anyone know? |
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bifter
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| James T wrote: | | Kweichow Moutai is a new one to me, is it a wine or spirit, what is it produced from? Anyone know? |
It seems to be referred to in some places as a "wine" but it's one of what the Chinese call baijiu or "white spirits". Moutai is distilled from sorghum, which is a staple grass crop though, to be honest, I had to look that up on Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorghum
Other baijiu can be made from glutinous rice. Kweichow Moutai is 53% and, apparently highly prized for the sorghum from which it is produced. It is expensive in China and commonly used as a bribe, giving rise to the phrase "Those that buy Maotai don't drink it; those that drink Maotai don't buy it". I must admit I'm tempted to try it but I think the wise move may be to keep it in the back of the cabinet for a decade or two! The way we're going just now it may pay for a 5yo "age statement" grain whisky in 2030! 
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| bifter wrote: | | James T wrote: | | Kweichow Moutai is a new one to me, is it a wine or spirit, what is it produced from? Anyone know? |
It seems to be referred to in some places as a "wine" but it's one of what the Chinese call baijiu or "white spirits". Moutai is distilled from sorghum, which is a staple grass crop though, to be honest, I had to look that up on Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorghum
Other baijiu can be made from glutinous rice. Kweichow Moutai is 53% and, apparently highly prized for the sorghum from which it is produced. It is expensive in China and commonly used as a bribe, giving rise to the phrase "Those that buy Maotai don't drink it; those that drink Maotai don't buy it". I must admit I'm tempted to try it but I think the wise move may be to keep it in the back of the cabinet for a decade or two! The way we're going just now it may pay for a 5yo "age statement" grain whisky in 2030! |
Y the whisky bubble will have burst by then.
Item and enjoy!
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