2020 Ao Yun Shangri-La

The Ao Yun Shangri-La 敖云云南香格里拉 is already the most famous Chinese wine, produced in the foothills of the Himalayas (Shangri-La - Yunnan - China) by LVMH, under the leadership of Maxence Dulou, a winemaker from Bordeaux. and known for: Cheval Blanc, Le Tour de Pin and Quinault L'Enclos. The Chinese winery Ao Yun in the Yunnan province is considered one of the top wines of China and shows that great wines are made in this relatively new wine country. The vineyards of Ao Yun are located at the foot of the sacred Meili mountain at a dizzying altitude of 2,100-2,600 meters.

It all started with a dream. The dream of creating a world-class Bordeaux-style fine wine in China. Ao Yun is a dream come true, an incredible adventure that began in 2008 with a four-year quest, through lands that had never been explored for winemaking. A quest for the perfect place to make a great red wine. LVMH set its sights on an atypical terroir near the city of Shangri-La, in the foothills of the Himalayas, in the north of Yunnan province. The vineyards, spread over four villages, are tended entirely by hand by local farmers, trained in viticulture, while remaining faithful to the agro-ecological traditions that this land has known for hundreds of years. Situated at an altitude of between 2,200 and 2,600 meters above sea level, the estate is named after the beautiful clouds that gather above the permanently snow-capped mountain ranges: in Mandarin, "Ao Yun" means "flying above the clouds"

Ao Yun (敖云葡萄园) Shangri-La (敖云) is a subtle compromise between freshness and maturity, tension and density. Only half of the grapes harvested made it into the blend of the new vintage, reflecting an unparalleled level of precision since the first harvest in 2013. The Ao Yun is a blend with a predominance of Cabernet Sauvignon (60%), supplemented with Cabernet Franc (18%), Merlot (10%), Syrah (6%) and Petit Verdot (6%). A wine handcrafted from the estate's 314 plots, which are in turn divided into more than 700 sub-plots. Very limited production, half of which is destined for the local market, making Ao Yun a rare wine. Complex maturation without excessive use of oak, starting with five months in pots for 50% of the production, then ten months in barrels, of which 30% are new. The wine is packaged in its original packaging in elegant bamboo cases (OWC/1 and OWC/6). Less than 10,000 bottles of the 2020 were distributed via Place du Bordeaux and the 2020 has once again received very high ratings one by one .

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