AO YUN 21

It all started with a dream. The dream of creating a world-class fine wine in Bordeaux style in China. Ao Yun is a dream come true, an incredible adventure that began in 2008 with a four-year search, through lands that had never been explored for wine growing. A search 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 vineyard, spread over four villages, is tended entirely by hand by local farmers, who are 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”