China's Dry White won the Platinum Award for the first time at the Decanter World Wine Competition

China News Network, July 19, 2021 The results of the 2021 Decanter World Wine Competition were officially announced recently, Zhangyu Aifeibao Winery A8 Chardonnay Dry White (2018 Vintage) won the Platinum Award with a score of 97 points, which is the first time that China's dry white won the Platinum Award at the Decanter World Wine Competition, commenting: "A thick and elegant Chardonnay, with lemon, lime and light floral fragrances, the flavors of green papaya, mango, butter and white peach, the oak flavor is more like' The bystander' is not the 'protagonist', meticulously crafted and very stylish. ”

Decanter, a professional wine magazine founded in London, is the 18th year of the Decanter World Wine Competition, with a total of 18,093 wines from 56 countries and regions participating, and the jury is composed of 170 experts, including 44 master wine masters (MW) and 11 master sommeliers (MS), and the awards are divided into platinum, gold, silver and bronze awards, and less than 1% of the wines that won the platinum award.

Zhangyu Aifeibao Winery is located in Miyun, Beijing, A8 Chardonnay Dry White (2018 vintage) After 6 months of oak barrel aging, Decanter World Wine Competition commented that its "oak flavor is more like a 'bystander' than a 'protagonist'", meaning that oak barrels are properly used. It is understood that since the beginning of this year, Zhangyu Aifeibao Winery A8 Chardonnay Dry White has also won the gold medal of the MUNDUS VINI World Wine Competition and the gold medal of the 25th Berlin World Wine Competition.

Chardonnay is native to Burgundy, France, and is one of the varieties of white grapes that are highly adaptable to terroir conditions, from the northern hemisphere to the southern hemisphere, where there are Chardonnay where grapes can be grown. In 1951, the "Viticultural Law" published by the China Science Books and Instruments Company translated Chardonnay as "Xie Dong Nan" and called it "a famous variety of champagne and white wine", which is the earliest Chinese document of Chardonnay seen so far, and the author of the book, Zhang Xunxin, once served as the director of the horticultural department of Zhangyu Company. (Chen Zhuang)

Source: China News Network