AO YUN 2018

It all started with a dream. The dream of creating a Bordeaux-style, world-class fine wine in China. Ao Yun is a dream come true, an incredible adventure that began in 2008 with a search that lasted four years, through lands that had never yet been explored for winegrowing. A search for the perfect place to craft a great red wine. LVMH set their sights on an atypical terroir near the town of Shangri-La, in the foothills of the Himalayas, to the north of the Yunnan province.
The vineyard, spread across four villages, is tended entirely by hand by the local farmers, who have been trained in winegrowing, while remaining faithful to the agro-ecological traditions this land has known for hundreds of years. Sitting at an altitude ranging between 2,200 and 2,600 metres above sea level, the estate is named after the magnificent clouds that gather above the permanently snow-capped mountain ranges: in Mandarin, “Ao Yun” means “flying above the clouds”…
Ao Yun 2018 is a subtle compromise between freshness and maturity, tension and density. Only half the harvested grapes made it into the blend of the new vintage, reflecting a level of precision unparalleled since the first harvest in 2013.
• A blend with a predominance of Cabernet Sauvignon (60 %), complemented by Cabernet Franc (19%), Merlot (10%), Syrah (7%) and Petit Verdot (4%).
• A wine that is hand-tailored 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 ageing without an excessive use of oak, starting with five months in jarres for 50 % of the production, then ten months in barrel, 30 % of which are new.

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