Chapter 17 En? Château Lafite is also its own family

Yun Xuan has been wandering around these days, looking at his own home, but in fact, he is idle and has nothing to do. But it's not without his benefit to wander around like this, at least most of the people in the castle know him, but he doesn't know most of them yet.

During this time, Yun Xuan went to look at the tree species he had planted and found that it had really grown, and it was about five centimeters tall, which made Yun Xuan a little excited. The second is to look at the fish in the lake, Yun Xuan fished up, grilled fish on the spot, tasted it, it was really good, the fish melted in the mouth, it was very delicious, this fragrance attracted those cowboys, they went into the water to fish, made a fire and roasted it, after a while, several tables were set up, and there were all kinds of drinks on the table, which was like a barbecue party.

Yun Xuan was in it, and he found the feeling of eating and bragging with his buddies back then. At this time, Yun Xuan was hugging a cowboy named Robin and saying something loudly. Those cowboys also have a good impression of Yun Xuan, the boss, and feel that Yun Xuan is not as domineering as a young man, and is very gentle. Yun Xuan was naturally happy to have a drink with them.

On this day, Yun Xuan listened to the reports of the staff in the living room, all of which were the specific income of each company and the articles that needed to be reviewed by Yun Xuan. At this time, Yun Xuan was not only playing, but he also worked hard to absorb all kinds of financial and management knowledge.

It's also strange to say that those books Yun Xuan can memorize as long as he reads them once, and he can also learn and use them alive, which makes Yun Xuan's ordinary subordinates a little surprised, and secretly said that this little boss will not be a demon. If you let Yun Xuan know what they think, you have to be angry, what is this called a demon, this is called a genius, a genius, do you know? Yun Xuan thought of it.

"Château Lafite has appreciated year after year in recent years, and Lafite wine has been rising, with a net profit of 70 million US dollars this month,,,,, "Hearing his subordinates say Château Lafite, Yun Xuan is not calm, we also have a share, it's too awesome." Hurriedly interrupted his subordinates to speak.

"How much do we share at Château Lafite?" Yun Xuan asked.

That man may have been more skilled, "Château Lafite was acquired by Sir James/Rothschild at public auction in 1868 for a whopping 4.4 million francs, of which we owned half, or 50 per cent. We only invest to make money, so there is no one else on the surface. ”

Yun Xuan looked at that one a little speechlessly, and said secretly, how many things are in this castle that I don't know, it seems that I have to work hard, otherwise I would be dumbfounded if I really don't know anything.

After Yun Xuan listened to their report, he immediately called someone and said to go to the wine room to have a look, and at this time, Borg came over, Yun Xuan grabbed him, "Butler Borg, I want to go to the wine room to have a look." ”

"Willing to serve." Borg bowed slightly and said.

Out of the living room, Borg ordered to drive a car, got in the car, Borg said to go to the wine cellar, and stopped talking. The car kept moving forward, and when it reached the foot of the mountain, the car stopped, and Yun Xuan got out of the car to see, where is this? The main reason is that the place is too big, and it is impossible for Yun Xuan to remember it all at once. Borg said follow me and walked forward.

After a few turns, he stopped in front of a mountain and said, "Borg, you wouldn't say the wine room was in a cave, would you?" Yun Xuan asked stupidly.

"Why not?" Borg looked at Yun Xuan amusedly.

Because in Yun Xuan's impression, aren't the wine cellars all underground, how can they be changed to the mountains. This broke Yun Xuan's common sense, could it be that the taste of wine at the bottom was different from that in the cave? In fact, Yun Xuan really guessed a little bit of truth.

After walking along the path for a while, it was said that it was a path, but it was also three meters wide, and then he saw two wooden doors, Borg took out the key to open the door, and as soon as he pushed the door open, Yun Xuan asked for a fragrance, and went down the spiral staircase, and when he got to the bottom, he saw that this was the boss here, as if the whole mountain had been hollowed out.

The neat wooden barrels were slapped in a row, and Yun Xuan roughly counted them, about five hundred wooden barrels in a row, and the front of each row was marked with the vintage, as well as the variety of wine. The further Yun Xuan went, the fewer the number of wine barrels became, and by the last row, there were only fifty wine barrels. Looking at the time, Yun Xuan was startled, the time is 1740, which has a history of more than 200 years, regardless of the brand of wine, the time of wine alone is worth a lot.

"There's a collection of the world's most famous wines, every year, and you see that the 1740 wine was left by Mr. Walter's ancestors." Borg said.

"It's really arrogant, if you say that there are every year, it must be more than 200 rows." Yun Xuan swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

In fact, according to Mr. Walter, his ancestors originally did not intend to make these red wines, but it seems that a generation of ancestors built this wine cellar in order to please a **, and now new red wines are shipped in every year. All the wines brought in are the best wines in the wine region. Borg explained.

"How the local tyrant is refined, this is how Nima is refined. Nima, how much does this cost? Yun Xuan whispered.

"It's just one layer, there's more down there." Borg speaks astonishingly.

"Wouldn't it, but also?" Yun Xuan was dumbfounded.

"Why not?" Borg said with a smile.

At Christie's in London in 1985, a bottle of Lafite, signed by Thomas Jefferson in 1787, was sold for £105,000 by Malcolm Forbes, owner of Forbes magazine. At that time, they were worth more than 100,000 pounds, and now they are not worth the old money.

Bordeaux rated the region's estates in 1855 in five grades, the first of which had four, namely Château Lafite, Château Latour, Château Margaux, and Château Rougaux. And among the four, Lafite ranks first. In 1973, the second-class winery Wudang Wang was promoted to a first-class winery, so it is also known as the five major wineries.

In fact, there are not only red wines in oak barrels here, but also bottles, and at this time, Yun Xuan and they are standing there. Yun Xuan looked at these red wines, as the years passed, revealing a rich aroma. Yun Xuan walked in the rows of stacked wooden frames, but he was thinking in his heart, this is the real thing. In China, I always hear that this drink Lafite, that drink what, Château Lafite's annual output is only tens of thousands of bottles, and how many bottles in China are true, this needs to be considered.

"Can you taste it?" Yun Xuan asked in a low voice.

"Cloud, it's all yours here, what do you say?" Borg said.

Yun Xuan patted his head, "Oh, I forgot, this is my territory." "Actually, this is to make Yun Xuan confused and forget about such a thing.

"How about going get a bottle of '82 Lafite, Cloud?" Borg looked at Yun Xuan.

"Okay, they all say that Lafite '82 is the best, and I haven't drunk red wine yet."

The sommelier next to him walked over to the edge of the wine rack and brought over a bottle of wine, along with two glasses. At one point, in the wine glass, Yun Xuan smelled a rich aroma, took a sip, and felt okay. After all, Yun Xuan is not a professional drinker, so he can drink it.

"What kind of wine is the second layer?" Yun Xuan asked after drinking. Yun Xuan felt that it couldn't be all a red bar.

"The first layer is red wine, which is soft, and the second layer belongs to distilled spirits, and the degree of distilled spirits is generally relatively high." Borg said.

"So what are you waiting for, let's go and see." Yun Xuan urged.

Going down to the second layer, it is also packed in oak barrels, and there are only a few varieties of wine here, and Yun Xuan also found the words Moutai printed on it. The earliest vintage should be collected in 1915, when Moutai and Guizhou Public Office won the gold medal of the "Panama International Exposition". From 1915 onwards, Moutai became one of the cellar's collections.

In addition to Moutai, there is also a collection of Scotch whisky and French cognac, all of which are spirits. Of course, Yunxuan tasted all of them without exception, not to mention, the sauce aroma of Moutai, the smoky flavor of whiskey, and the fruity aroma of brandy really have their own characteristics.

Yun Xuan looked at the oak barrels on this layer, which were larger than the first layer, because there were so many red wines in the first layer every year, and it was impossible to collect them all here, compared to the second layer, these spirits were easier to collect. However, it is not that good collection is not a bad variety, on the contrary, the quality of these spirits is still good.