There are more than 400 existing cellar pools in Linshui, in which there are 117 old ones well preserved from Wulongxing Workshop founded in the late Qing Dynasty. A large number of microorganisms have been accumulated in the aged cellars, which are rich in acid, vinegar, alcohol, aldehydes and heterocycles in the fermentation process.
It boasts the largest volume of cave storage base of 6km in Dabie Mountain in Linshui where the four seasons are like spring, the humidity is full, the air is filled and the liquor is dense. The liquor in the pottery jar can nourish inside and be plump and long. The liquor body is getting aged and soft.
Packaging design creates the originally ecological simplicity. The traces of computer design are removed as far as possible. The hand writing is matched with the quality of non-industrial liquor storage of 6km in Dabie Mountain to let the overall feeling return to the original soil.
Linshui Yuquan Sufficient Year Caved Storage Liquor Series: Sufficient Year Caved Storage Liquor
Linshui Yuquan Year Liquor Series: Linshui Yuquan 12-Year Caved Storage Liquor, Linshui Yuquan 15-Year Caved Storage Liquor, and Linshui Yuquan 20-Year Caved Storage Liquor
Linshui Jar Series: 5-Year Red Linshui Jar, 6-Year Red Linshui Jar, 8-Year Red Linshui Jar, 10-Year Red Linshui Jar, and 12-Year Red Linshui Jar
Anhui Linshui Liquor Co., Ltd. (formerly known as Anhui Zhonghua Yuquan Distillery, hereinafter referred to as “Linshui Liquor”) is a famous and excellent liquor enterprise in Anhui Province. The company is located in the ancient town of Linshui, a millennial hometown of liquor in western Anhui that has a long history and enjoys unique geographical advantages with “72 springs” and the confluence of three rivers, which provides superior liquor making conditions.
The predecessor of the distillery was Wulong Xingfang, a distillery which was founded in the late Qing Dynasty and flourished in the Republic of China. Linshui people inherit the millennial intangible cultural heritage of liquor making and own 117 historical cellars that can be dated back to over a hundred years ago. Linshui liquor is very popular among consumers due to its unique liquor body and style.
After the founding of New China in 1949, the government established “State-owned Anhui Linshui Distillery” on the basis of Wulong Xingfang. It was one of the earliest liquor companies in New China. Its brands “Linshui”, “Linshui Yuquan”, and “Huangjia Qingyan” were recognized as “Famous Brands in Anhui Province”. In the only three official liquor competitions in Anhui Province held during 1981, 1983, and 1986, Linshui Liquor was the champion in a row. In January 2004, the distillery became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jindong Group and was renamed Anhui Linshui Liquor Co., Ltd.
In 2008, Linshui Liquor prospectively developed the cave stored liquor strategy and chose Dabie Mountain that extends eight hundred li as the site of cave storage to make liquor. This strategy started the trend of cave storage for Anhui liquor. In 2012, as the largest single liquor storage cave in China, Cave No. 6 along the six-kilometer cave cluster in Dabie Mountain in Linshui, was recognized by the Shanghai China Guinness Book of Records and was reputed as “the first liquor storage cave in China”; the cave as a private liquor cellar that Linshui Yuquan carved out on the banks of Wanfo Lake in 2016 has become a treasure place for liquor lovers from all over the country to store good liquor. Linshui Yuquan Cave Storage Liquor Cultural Festival, an annual event that Linshui Liquor has held since 2014, is not only a brand ceremony celebrated every year, but also one of the most professional and most immersive benchmark events to promote the cave storage liquor culture in China.
The star product “Linshui Yuquan Full-Year Cave Storage Liquor” is praised by consumers as a cultural liquor product full of oriental flavor, thanks to its internal and external refined quality and unique packaging and design style. In 2017, this product won the global “World Star Packaging Award”, as well as “Famous-Brand Product in Anhui” and “Golden Cup Award of the Annual Meeting of Liquor Jury in Anhui Province”.
With a royal temperament, “Linshui Yuquan 20-Year Vintage” is loved by many businessmen. Consumers in West Anhui affectionately call it “Little Moutai in West Anhui”. This product won the honor of “Famous-Brand Product in Anhui” in 2018.
In Concours Mondial de Bruxelles - Spirits Selection (“Oscar in the liquor industry”), “Linshui Ten-Year Jar Sealed Liquor” and “Linshui Yuquan Full-Year Cave Storage Liquor” won five international medals in 2015, 2019, and 2020 respectively. “Linshui Yuquan Full-Year Cave Storage Liquor· Hand Made by Master” won the Grand Gold Award in 2020. This was the supreme award in the liquor industry and the first Grand Gold Award won by Anhui liquor.
Linshui Liquor passes down the brewing techniques and affection from generation to generation. Devoted to the craftsmanship of cave storage liquor uninterruptedly for 13 years, it makes beautiful liquor with ingenuous cave storage techniques day in and day out, decade after decade. It is committed to making representative high-quality liquor in China and continuing the glory of time-honored famous liquor.
In 2019, Linshui Liquor was ranked the 224th in the Hurun China Rich List.
Linshui Liquor had a brand value of RMB 51.365 billion in 2020.