Ao Yun's guest appearances

Ao Yun

Wine Podcast: The Honest Pour with John Lenart

The James Suckling Wine Podcast

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Lamberto Frescobaldi

Giovanni Manetti

Michael Cruse

Maxence Dulou

Manuel Louzada

Paul Hobbs

Andy Erickson

Luca Currado

Matt Crafton

Mike Dunn

Alex Smith

Erica Crawford

Helen Keplinger

Chateau Margaux

John Schwartz

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INTERVIEW AND TASTINGJames tasted the soon-to-be-released 2017 wine from China’s excellent Ao Yun winery on March 9, 2021, and he says it is the best ever from this LVMH-owned estate. Tasting with the winery’s estate manager and technical director Maxence Dulou, who came to James Suckling Wine Central in Hong Kong, James considered the difference between the 2017 and the excellent 2016. Dulou said the improvement with each new vintage is a good sign. “It shows we are going in a good direction. We want to compete with ourselves, to get the best of this terroir.”Listen to the podcast for the full conversation and tasting. 

INTERVIEW AND TASTING James tasted the soon-to-be-released 2017 wine from China’s excellent Ao Yun winery on March 9, 2021, and he says it is the best ever from this LVMH-owned estate. Tasting with the winery’s estate manager and technical director Maxence Dulou, who came to James Suckling Wine Central in Hong Kong, James considered the difference between the 2017 and the excellent 2016. Dulou said the improvement with each new vintage is a good sign. “It shows we are going in a good direction. We want to compete with ourselves, to get the best of this terroir.”Listen to the podcast for the full conversation and tasting.

MAXENCE DULOU OF AO YUN - 2016 & 2017

It seems that every year China gobbles up a bigger share of the world’s best wines. Yet when it comes to producing great wine, China makes none. Until now. It would seem in a country so vast that a great wine growing region must exist. The minds at Moet Hennessy thought so too and sought it out. After years of research they settled on the foothills of the Himalaya, high in the Yunnan province, and charged Maxence Dulou, with creating a world class Cabernet Sauvignon from vineyards exceeding 8500 feet in elevation.

Ep. 023 Maxence Dulou, Estate Manager and Winemaker, Ao Yun