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Masterclass at the 2025 London Wine Fair with Michael Palin, expert of Italian wine actually who recently discovered Chinese wines, and Sonya Song, founder of Longting, China's leading boutique vineyard by the sea.
We learned how China now boasts 100k hectares of vineyards, roughly the same surface area as in Germany. The huge country can use a huge range of soils, altitude, rainfall, latitude.
Since 2010 push to try different grapes, Marselan and Petit Manseng works well in Shandong in addition to classic Chard and Cabernet Franc
These are my tasting notes.
Petit Manseng 2022
3 months of oak
Balance sapidity and smooth ,long
Score 90
Rrp 500 rmb in China
"Sea breeze" 2020
Chardonnay
3 months in New French oak
Intense aromas Zest almonds
Score 88
Rrp 600rmb
"Lan" Marselan 2021
Ripe fruit, plum, black cherry, cassis, still rough edges needs time 2 years perhaps
500 rmb
Score 89
Dragon label 2019
Cabernet franc
30 days on skin, plenty of tannins
Alcohol feel (14.5%)
Needs time
Rrp 2000 rmb almost sold out 8k bottles
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"jade" late harvest petit Manseng 2021
Acidity and smooth ending
Score 86
Rrp 287 rmb, 7 is her lucky number
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