Region guide产区
Yunnan 云南Yúnnán
High vineyards at the foot of Meili Mountain. Ao Yun is the estate English-language critics actually review.
LVMH places Ao Yun in the villages of Adong, Xidang, Sinong and Shuori, at the foot of Meili Mountain in Deqin County, near Shangri-La. The vineyards run from 2,200 to 2,600 metres. The wine is Cabernet Sauvignon, picked and made by hand. The estate site translates the name as “roaming above the clouds”.
James Suckling’s 98 points for the 2018 was, at the time of that report, the highest score he had given a Chinese wine. He tasted it in Hong Kong with winemaker Maxence Dulou. A 2024 note on the 2020, by Zekun Shuai, called it the site’s top Chinese score and the freshest Ao Yun so far, and recalled 93 points for the 2013. The Drinks Business, reporting Edward Ragg MW in The Wine Advocate, said the 2020 was less sumptuous than the 2019 and built to age. The score was not published. The wine is released through La Place de Bordeaux.
JancisRobinson.com holds 19 Ao Yun reviews. A 2021 note by Richard Hemming MW, tasted on 2 July 2025, is on the site; the score is behind the paywall and is not guessed at here.
The estate site does not publish a visitor programme. Do not build a Yunnan trip around a tasting-room stop. A separate “Shangri-La Winery” turns up in background lists. No website was confirmed, and the name should not be confused with Ao Yun.
Getting there
Where
Ao Yun’s published place is the villages of Adong, Xidang, Sinong and Shuori, Deqin County, Diqing, at the foot of Meili Mountain. The legal page gives Adong village as the registered address, and the contact rose.yang@moethennessy.com.
What is not published
No airport, road time, visiting season or visitor programme is printed on the estate site. That contact is an enquiry line, not a tour desk. A Yunnan trip built around a tasting room is not supported by the page.
In the directory
- Ao Yun 敖云Áoyún — No public visit. Ao Yun (Cabernet Sauvignon)
- Shangri-La Winery — Not confirmed. Not named in the sources used here