Is Xifeng Moutai Distillery a state-owned enterprise?

Moutai is a state-owned enterprise.

In 1951, the government merged three private breweries, Chengyi (Huamao), Ronghe (Wangmao), and Hengxing (Laimao), through redemption, confiscation, and takeover, and implemented the three-in-one brewery. Policy—The state-owned Moutai Distillery was established.

Since September 2001, Moutai Group has applied for the "National Liquor" trademark 9 times but was rejected. On June 12, 2019, Moutai Group announced that it would stop using the "National Liquor Moutai" before June 30. "trademark will be officially renamed "Kweichow Moutai" starting from June 29.

Quality characteristics:

Moutai is the originator of Chinese Daqu Maotai-flavor liquor. It has clear and transparent color, outstanding sauce aroma, mellow and fragrant aroma, elegant and delicate, soft and refreshing taste. It is characterized by sweetness, mellow and full body, long aftertaste, and long-lasting aroma in the empty cup. People call Moutai's unique aroma "Maoxiang", which is a typical Chinese sauce-flavor style.

Moutai liquor is pure, transparent, mellow and fragrant. It is composed of three special flavors: sauce aroma, cellar bottom aroma, and mellow sweetness. There are currently more than 300 known aroma components. . Maotai liquor has many aroma components. Some people praised it as "the flavor is drunk three times next door, and the bottle is opened ten miles after the rain."

Moutai is fragrant but not bright. No spices are added during the brewing process. The aroma components are all naturally formed during repeated fermentation. Its alcohol content has always been stable between 52° and 54°, and it once had the lowest alcohol content among famous liquors in the country for a long time. It has the characteristics of not having a sore throat or headache, eliminating fatigue, and calming the mind."