Chapter 476: The Legend of 'Bo'erdo (1)

Yao Yi smiled and said, "Hehe, Mr. Special Envoy has given me a problem, okay, let's guess!"

Yao Yi weighed the weight with his hand, sniffed it with his nose, and looked like an expert, in fact, Yao Yi had already guessed what was inside, you know, Yao Yi's sense of smell is extremely sensitive, although he sometimes hates his nose, but in front of wine and food, it is a kind of enjoyment.

Yao Yi said with a smile: "This is a bottle of 100-year-old red wine, the origin should be 'Bordo', and only the high-quality grapes grown in the iron-rich soil there can make such a fine wine!"

The French envoy couldn't help but applaud, stretched out his thumb, and said with a smile: "Duke Yao is really amazing, it seems that we are like-minded people, if Duke Yao has the opportunity to come to my mansion, I must invite Duke Yao to visit my wine cellar!"

Mei Shengcai said: "Young Master Yao, Mr. Special Envoy is 'Boerdo', and he also owns a winery!"

Yao Yi stepped forward and shook the envoy's hand and said, "Oh, hehe, it seems that I have really met a fellow practitioner, we are very fateful, and our conversation must be very pleasant tonight!"

The French envoy said with a smile: "I heard that Duke Yao is also a wine lover, and he owns the Phoenix Winery in Switzerland, which is a legendary winery, and I would like to strengthen cooperation in this regard!"

Yao Yi said with a smile: "No problem, I am very interested in your winery in 'Boerdo', if anyone is willing to cooperate with me to form a large winery, I have no opinion, and this afternoon, the Swiss king also talked about cooperation on the border between the two countries to establish a special winery zone, I estimate that in the next two days, His Majesty the King will visit France and talk to your president about this matter personally!"

The French envoy said with a smile: "This is great, Duke Yao has already created a legend in Switzerland, don't mind creating another legend in our French 'Boerdo'!"

Mei Shengcai said: "Young Master Yao, I didn't introduce it comprehensively just now, Mr. Special Envoy is the head of Château Mouton, in 1973, under his leadership, Chorgio Mouton was upgraded from a second-class winery to a first-class winery, so far the formation of France's 'Boerdo' famous five famous wineries!"

Yao Yi said: "I have long heard of the five first-class wineries of 'Bo'erdo, and Château Mouton is not only a rising star, but also has a long history, which dates back to the period of the 'Bo' dynasty, when the whole ' The Bo'erdo region could not grow grapes due to swamps, the Mouton Rothchord family knew that Louis XIV liked wine, so they purchased vineyards in the southern Languedoc province and began to make wine and then paid tribute to the royal family, the quality of the wine was immediately recognized by the royal family, so that for a considerable period of time, the Sun King only drank the wine made by the Mouton Rothchord family, in order to recognize the loyalty of the Mouton Rothchod family to the royal family, Louis XIV, who loved art, put Poussin's famous painting "Dionysian Festival" It was given to the Mouton Rothschord family, and according to this saying, the wine of your Rothjord family should be royal wine!"

Mr. Special Envoy said with a smile: "I didn't expect that Duke Yao still understands the history of our family, so in the future, Duke Yao will not call me Mr. Special Envoy, just call me Mr. Rothjod, everyone will call me that!"

Yao Yi said: "Okay, it's rare to meet a drinking friend, Mr. Mei, order someone to open the wine, I want to have two drinks with Mr. Rothjord, and 'get' two side dishes by the way, hehe!"

Mei Shengcai saw that Yao Yi was so happy, so he hurriedly went to do it.

"Duke Yao, we really hit it off at first sight, hehe, let me introduce you to our Mouton winery, we now have 82 hectares of vineyards, of which 77% are Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc, 11% Merlot, 2% Cabertop, our vineyard management is completely modern, and we also employ viticultural experts." The planting density is 8,500 plants per hectare, the average age of the trees is 45 years, the harvest is hand-picked, and only fully ripe grapes are picked, put in baskets and sent to the winery, fermented in special oak fermentation barrels, and our biggest 'color' is that one of the few 'Portau' wineries that have been using wooden fermentation barrels since ancient times, the general fermentation time is 21 to 31 days, and then transferred to new oak barrels to mature for 18 to 22 months, and the annual production is about 300,000 bottles!"

Yao Yi asked: "I am extremely obsessed with the wine of 'Boerdo', hehe, these five major wineries!!Laflte-Rothschild, Latour, Margaux, Haut-Brion, Mouton Rothschild, do they have their own unique 'colors'!"

"That's a lot more when it comes to colour, the soil and the microclimate of the Lafite estate are unique, with a total area of 90 hectares, each of which is planted with 8,500 vines, with an average age of more than 40 years, and its viticulture is made in a very traditional way, with no chemical or chemical substances. Fertilizer' material, with careful artificial care, is also to let the grapes fully ripe before picking, and at the time of picking by skilled workers on the vine picking and screening, not good not picked, grapes are picked and sent to press before being screened by more senior skilled workers for a second time, to ensure that each grape that is pressed meets the high quality requirements in this aspect, they do better than us, and they can only produce a bottle of 750ml wine every 2 to 3 vines, although its output can be said to be unparalleled, ranking first among all the world's top wineries, about 360,000 bottles per year, slightly higher than our 300,000 bottles！”

Yao Yi said: "I really didn't expect that this Château Lafite has such a strict selection of grapes, and it takes 2 to 3 vines to produce a 750ml bottle of wine, which is really incredible!"

"Yes, they have a long history and we really admire the quality of their selection, which is why Lafite wines have always been the best in the world!"

Yao Yi said: "Hehe, in the past, the King of Switzerland once told me that the reason why this Lafite red wine has been famous for a long time is mainly because it sponsors the Pope of the Vatican and becomes the exclusive wine of the church.

"Yes, quality is the first and the foundation, and the rest is the marketing means, but there is also some truth in what the King of Switzerland said, Lafite's red wine can go to the world and become a well-known brand, and it has a lot to do with his sponsorship of the church, which can be said to be a very successful marketing planning campaign, in fact, the five major wineries of 'Bordeaux' are of similar quality, each with its own characteristics" The reason why no one in the world does not know Lafite is that he has successfully marketed the wines, for example, the quality of the wine of Château Latour is also extremely high-quality, which is on par with Lafite, but Latour's popularity is far inferior to Lafite, this is the role of marketing methods!"

Yao Yi asked: "What are the special 'colors' of Château Latour?" ”