Ao Yun 敖云Áoyún
Moët Hennessy’s Cabernet Sauvignon from the foot of Meili Mountain, between 2,200 and 2,600 metres. The estate site does not publish a visitor programme.
| Region | Yunnan 云南Yúnnán |
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| Place | Adong, Xidang, Sinong and Shuori villages, Deqin County, Diqing, Yunnan |
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| Visitors | No public visit |
| Website | aoyun-wine.com |
LVMH places Ao Yun in four villages — Adong, Xidang, Sinong and Shuori — at the foot of Meili Mountain, near Shangri-La, on the banks of the Mekong. The vineyards run from 2,200 to 2,600 metres. The grape is Cabernet Sauvignon, and both harvest and winemaking are described as done by hand. The name is translated on the estate site as “roaming above the clouds”.
Maxence Dulou is named as chief editor on the estate’s legal page. James Suckling tasted the 2018 with him in Hong Kong and published 98 points, then the highest score he had given a Chinese wine. Dulou told him 2018 was better than 2016 and 2017. A 2024 report by senior editor Zekun Shuai, on the 2020, called that wine the site’s top score for a Chinese wine and the freshest Ao Yun so far, with lower pH and more acidity, and recalled 93 points for the 2013.
The Drinks Business, reporting Edward Ragg MW in The Wine Advocate, said he found the 2020 less sumptuous than the 2019, but elegant, polished and powerful, with a life of 15 years or more. The score was not made public. Ao Yun is sold through La Place de Bordeaux. JancisRobinson.com holds a 2021 note by Richard Hemming MW, tasted on 2 July 2025; the score sits behind the paywall. The site lists 19 Ao Yun reviews.
No visitor programme is published on aoyun-wine.com. Background notes describe access as very limited and by appointment; that was not confirmed on the estate site. The legal page gives a site contact, rose.yang@moethennessy.com, and a Deqin telephone number. Use that for an enquiry, and do not plan a tasting-room stop.