Pearl Red insists on using traditional Chinese fir containers for rice steaming, during which the rice absorbs the natural fragrance of the wood while maintaining proper moisture and looseness. The wood-fragrant rice imparts a richer aroma to the wine. After the rice is spread out and cooled, it is blended with homemade Qu and stored in a clay pottery to undergo the fermentation process.
Special boiling technique
The harvested rice plants are divided into two parts. The rice serves as the raw material for winemaking, while the rice husks and straw are used as fuel for smoking and boiling. The latter helps with sterilization, lengthens the storage time, and expels the coldness in the wine, making it more beneficial. It also imparts a unique smoky aroma to the wine, giving it a richer, more mellow body.
Manual dig a well
For sufficient fermentation and richness in flavor, the fermented rice should be exposed to as much air as possible. Therefore, winemakers drill by hand in each fermentation pottery to ensure the full conversion of starch during the fermentation process.
Filtration by bamboo baskets
The process used to separate the wine from fermented rice in raw wine employs handmade traditional bamboo baskets. Pearl Red adheres to this natural method instead of using a machine press. By placing a basket in the middle of the raw wine, the wine naturally flows downward as a fluid. This allows the wine to become clearer and more transparent, shortening the settling time and better preserving the flavor.
Handcrafted blending of the Qu
Hands sprinkle the Qu and stir, ensuring that the rice surface remains intact and preserves the original flavor of the rice. This process, with wine Qu fermentation, allows Pearl Red to maintain the pure, aromatic, and authentic taste of the original wine. All of Pearl Red’s production processes are done by hand to preserve the original taste and quality of the wine
Clay pottery storage
The rice liquor are all stored in clay vessels and aged over time to develop a mellow taste. Each bottle contains spirits with a true aging period, with no younger spirits mixed in, retaining the unique flavor of that particular vintage
