The Singapour – July 2022

Richard reports on what he's been tasting in Singapore, including a mini-vertical of Ao Yun, LVMH's Chinese red, as pictured.

Wednesday, 27 July 2022
Ao Yun bottles

This collection of wines hails from Brazil, Argentina, South Africa, California, Israel, France, Romania, Australia, China, Georgia and New Zealand – not quite the whole world of wine, but not far off. Singapore continues to impress me with the range of wine available here.

The mini-vertical of Ao Yun, LVMHs' ambitious flagship from China, follows on from Jancis's 2019 edition. I tasted the 2018, 2017 and 2016 vintages, all three of which seemed marked by high acidity that made the...