- Category
- Baijiu
- Aroma type
- Rice aroma baijiu
- Distillery
- Guilin Sanhua
- ABV
- 52%
- Raw materials
- Rice,Rice-based small qu with herbs
Aromas
- rice
- banana
- apple
- honey
Overview
A premium bottling from Guilin Sanhua, China’s most famous rice aroma producer, in Guangxi. Rice aroma is the most accessible baijiu style for European palates, light and clean, and Guilin Sanhua ages its premium spirits in a cave inside Elephant Trunk Hill.
Tasting
- Nose
- Pure rice aroma with fresh banana and apple, and a light touch of honey.
- Palate
- Smooth and rounded, harmonious, with a long finish.
Production
- Type
- Rice aroma baijiu
- Fermentation
- Rice steamed three times, saccharified with a rice-based small qu containing medicinal herbs, then fermented in jars; made with spring water from the Li River area
- Ageing vessel
- Cave cellar in Elephant Trunk Hill, Guilin
- Volume
- 500 ml
Serving
- Temperature
- Room temperature or slightly chilled
- Glass
- Small baijiu cup
Pairing
- Guilin rice noodles
- Cantonese dim sum
- Steamed seafood
Its clean, gentle profile goes with the light, rice-based cooking of southern China.
Sources
- Guilin Sanhua — The Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails
- Rice-aroma-style baijiu — The Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails
- Every sip is a new journey: Guilin Sanhua wine — CGTN, 2019
- 桂林三花 M6 52%vol 米香型白酒 — SMZDM (什么值得买), 2023