What`s the best drinking temperature of Huangjiu? (2)

According to the style of Shaoxing Huangjiu and the geographical location of wine enterprises, Shaoxing Huangjiu can be divided into west road wine, middle road wine and east road wine. West road wine mainly refers to the wine produced by several distilleries in the west of Shaoxing City and some distilleries near the Xikuaqiao bridge, namely Jianhu distillery of Gu Yue Long Shan company, Kuaijishan distillery and Pagoda distillery. The style of west road wine is fresh and light. The aged good wine will show a significant grapefruit flavor. The fruit acid taste is more obvious. And there is a prominent bitter of grapefruit peel, but the bitter taste is pleasant and quickly melt in the mouth. Middle road wine refers to the wine produced by several distilleries which represented by Gu Yue Long Shan and Shen Yong He in Shaoxing City. All kinds of flavors in the wine body are balanced and heavy. The wine body is rich and has a prominent sense of structure. It has stronger adult ability and high alcohol thickness. In addition, it has the characteristics of typical Shaoxing aged wine: the older the wine, the more fragrant it is. East road wine wine refers to the wine produced by several distilleries in the east of Shaoxing city which represented by Nv Er Hong distillery. It has high alcohol content and moderate aroma and taste. Different kinds of wine has different aroma at different temperatures. And at different temperatures, the sense of touch and taste of wine in the mouth are also different. We should find the most suitable drinking temperature of different kinds of wine so as to present the most beautiful characteristics of them. The fresh wine is suitable for drinking at low temperature of 8-10 ℃ and relatively low temperature of 16-18 ℃. If the temperature rises above 30 ℃, the freshness will reduce and the acidity will increase, which will affect the taste.

For example, the 1952 edition of Jianhu Memorial wine (Jiafan wine) produced by Jianhu distillery is especially suitable for drinking between 16 and 18 ℃. It is fresh, light, and has outstanding grapefruit fruit flavor and a little fruit acid taste. It is rare that a kind of aged grain wine shows a significant elegant fruit flavor.

The Guoniang 1959 (white jade version) of Gu Yue Long Shan becomes rich, smooth and mellow, with obvious plum aroma, berry aroma and light milk aroma when the temperature is 38-42 ℃. And the sour, fresh, sweet, bitter, pungent and astringent flavors are balanced. Bushangtou Huangjiu of Gu Yue Long Shan (semi-dry type), a kind of middle road wine, is very fresh and is suitable for drinking at low temperature of 8-10 ℃. Although this temperature will lock a lot of aroma, it will make the wine fresher and smoother, and bring the drinker rich pleasure.