Chapter 931 King and Queen

Rows of red wine were arranged in rows according to varieties and years. Yang Dongxu stood in front of the red wine produced by Lafite Winery without hesitation.

After all, the 1982 Lafite is so famous that many online slangs have been created, such as "give me a bottle of 1982 Coke" or "give me a 1982 steamed bun".

"Lafite is one of the five major wineries in Bordeaux, France, with a long history. The taste of red wine is characterized by prominent floral and fruity aromas. The taste is mellow, smooth and elegant, and it is called the queen of the wine kingdom." Hayes introduced in a low voice beside her.

"Who is the king of the red wine kingdom?" Yang Dongxu asked curiously, with a teasing smile on his lips, a bit of a joke.

I don't know why in Europe and the United States, people always feel that the queen seems to be more amazing than the king. This astonishment may be due to some legends of beautiful queens, or because the queens in Europe and the United States were all so amazing. After all, compared to men who are born to inherit the throne, women have to pay much more to sit in this position.

"Romanee*Conti Winery, the dream king in the red wine kingdom. Compared with the tyranny of the ancient rulers, he is like a young and noble gentleman king, who can give every girl dreamy tenderness and romance." Hayes' eyes sparkled, like a girl falling in love.

Yang Dongxu shrugged in confusion. He could taste some of the taste of good and bad red wine. As for silky smoothness, dreamy romance, etc., perhaps he was born with insufficient appreciation cells. Even if he lived again and was so rich now, he could not taste these things from red wine.

At the same time, in his heart, Romanee Winery is more like a queen, and Lafite is the king. Although he doesn't know much about wine tasting, he was curious and learned about this knowledge before. Romanee-Conti is more like a girl in the wine taster's evaluation, fragrant and elegant with a wonderful aroma, while Lafite is more like a man.

"So do you want to drink the king or the queen tonight?" He asked with a smile. It didn't matter to him who was the king or the queen. Anyway, he was going to open a bottle of good wine to celebrate today. Especially when he didn't feel bad about opening someone else's good wine, he would be even happier.

"Lafite." Hayes said.

"Why? Does Lafite match the atmosphere today better?"

"Although Romanee-Conti has a long history and is one of the best wineries, it does not have many good vintages. Only the wines of 1952, 1990 and 1995 are outstanding. They are at least the top three among all red wines, or even the first time.

The 52-year-old wine is too far away from now. It is suitable to be taken out alone and invited to some like-minded friends to taste together, rather than as a supplementary wine during dinner.

The 90-year-old and 95-year-old wines are too young. Perhaps it will be after 2010 when they are the most fragrant. Now is not the perfect time to open them." Hayes pursed her red lips lightly. Although she had not drunk the wine yet, she seemed to have imagined that the taste of the wine filled her mouth and brought unparalleled enjoyment.

"What about Lafite? Should I choose the 82-year-old?" Yang Dongxu asked casually.

As for the saying that the 52-year-old Romanee-Conti needs to be well filmed on the set, rather than being swallowed at the table, he did not say much. Anyway, in his opinion, wine is for drinking, and when drinking it depends on your mood. As for the occasion, the way of drinking and the process, are they suitable for this wine?

Sorry. I have never accommodated anyone, let alone a bottle of wine. Maybe from a professional point of view, they are right and can bring out the taste of the wine to the extreme, but he thinks that his happiness is the most important.

"It's 1996." Hayes had a professional but not friendly smile on her face.

"Isn't this year young?"

"Compared to the better years of Lafite, the Lafite wines of 1996 and 1998 are also very good, very suitable for drinking at dinner." Hayes explained.

Yang Dongxu shrugged and couldn't help thinking: This is suitable for drinking at dinner, probably because these two wines are not bad, but they are not extremely good, so even if the taste of food is mixed in the mouth, it is not a waste to drink it.

"Then choose Romanee-Conti of 1952." Yang Dongxu pointed to the shelves in another area.

That is the area where Romanee-Conti red wine is located. When all the red wines in the wine cellar are divided into areas, in addition to arranging them according to varieties and years, there is also a separate design for a brand of red wine.

For example, the most eye-catching thing about Lafite is a separate display shelf, where bottles of 1982 Lafite are like queens surrounded by red wines of other years in the center.

In the Romanee-Conti red wine area, the one guarded in the center is naturally a bottle of 1952-year-old awesome Kras.

"Ah?" Hayes exclaimed subconsciously, with an incredible look on her face. It seemed that she couldn't believe that such a legendary red wine would be opened tonight, and she was lucky enough to taste it.

But such red wine is really not suitable for dinner with food, drinking like this is simply a blasphemy to this wine. But there was an unconcealable look of hope in her eyes, and she also wanted to taste the legendary red wine.

Not only Hayes, but also the butler who stood quietly beside and watched Yang Dongxu and others choose wine after entering the wine cellar. When Yang Dongxu pointed to the 52 Romanee-Conti, there was a look of surprise on his face that shouldn't have been shown.

You should know that he is a top-level butler who has received professional training and graduated from the British Royal Butler. This expression that should not appear in his profession actually appeared, which shows how violent his inner fluctuations are.

"Please pack it for me and take it away when I leave tomorrow." Yang Dongxu, who took a deep breath, raised his mouth and showed a smile of success.

"Don't even think about it." Toy's voice sounded behind him, and then this middle-aged fat man, who had grown a lot horizontally, trotted over and stood in front of his baby.

"I have been looking for a long time to find such a bottle of Romanee-Conti in 1952. Don't even think about taking it away." Toy stared at Yang Dongxu with angry eyes, as if Yang Dongxu would have to step over his body if he wanted this bottle of wine.

"There's no need to be so nervous, right? I won't take it away." Yang Dongxu glared at Toy with a stingy look on his face, and the next moment he showed a mischievous smile again, "I won't take it away, or let's drink it tonight."

"Don't even think about it!" Toy roared, and he was about to roll up his sleeves and fight with Yang Dongxu.

"Okay, okay, if you don't want to drink it, why are you reacting so strongly." Yang Dongxu curled his lips, "Let's follow Miss Hayes' recommendation and drink 1996 Lafite tonight. But I have to share a few bottles of those wines."

Yang Dongxu turned around and pointed at the 1982 Lafite guarded in the middle behind him. Compared with the 1952 Romanee-Conti, which was the only one to be the king in the red wine area belonging to its own brand, the number of queens here in 1982 was very manageable.

"Two bottles at most." Toy gritted his teeth and said.

"Don't be so stingy, and I don't want to give me an extra box either." Yang Dongxu said.

Troy stared at him angrily, just when Hayes and the housekeeper were worried about whether he would hit someone. He exhaled hot air from his nostrils, "No more than 4 bottles, if there are more, we will fight to decide the winner, and after taking the Lafite, you are not allowed to pay attention to my other wines."

"Okay, okay, just do as you say. Four bottles are four bottles, isn't it just a few bottles of wine, so what? Next time you go to China, I will open a bottle of good wine for you."

"Take one of these four bottles of Lafite?" Troy asked.

Although his wine cellar is priceless, the good wine inside makes everyone envious. But this does not mean that he can drink these every day, such as the 1982 Lafite, one less bottle. He usually just looks at these to satisfy his eyes, and if he can get other awesome red wines, he will drink a little to celebrate.

"You are a rich man after all. The cross swords worth millions of pounds are just bought casually. Don't act like you have never drunk good wine."

"I just haven't drunk good wine. Otherwise, I will go to China with you tomorrow. When we get there, you can open a bottle of wine and we can drink it together."

"How can I drink red wine when I go to China? I will open a bottle of Moutai to treat you. It is also the original brewing and the taste will definitely suit your taste."

Toy is Russian, so the white wine brewed from pure grains does suit his taste.

"Is it also the original brewing from 1982?"

"What's so good about 1982? I will open a bottle of 1997 for you. The special edition to celebrate the return of Hong Kong will definitely taste good."

"You are a rich man after all. Can you not be so stingy?" Toy returned Yang Dongxu's words to him just now.

"This is not stingy, but drinking white wine naturally in China is a warm and unique hospitality." Yang Dongxu said without blushing or beating his heart.

"You are still as thick-skinned as before." Toy glared at Yang Dongxu speechlessly.

Yang Dongxu didn't care at all. He wanted to be glared at like this every day.

"Next time he comes to visit the manor, don't let him enter my wine cellar." Toy told the butler next to him.

But anyone could see that he was joking. If Yang Dongxu really took away the bottle of Romanee-Conti in 1952, he might be very distressed.

After all, it's not about money. At the current stage of him and Yang Dongxu, they don't care about this little money at all, but the problem is that such wine can't be bought even if you have money.

As for the 1982 Lafite, it must be depressing to have 4 bottles blackmailed away. But it's just a depression. Although the 1982 Lafite is getting less and less now, if he wants to find it, he can still find some to collect.

"By the way, I remember you seem to like collecting red wine, why do you want to blackmail me?" He took out a bottle of 1996 Lafite and gave it to the butler to sober up and prepare for dinner. Toy remembered that Yang Dongxu seemed to be a red wine collector.

Moreover, his collection of fine wines is probably much more than his. You should know that when Zhou Ya was managing overseas business in foreign countries, in addition to various investment companies, collecting was also one of her things, and red wine was a large category of collections.

When he was still in Russia, he helped collect some fine wines.

"Those wines are too expensive to drink." Yang Dongxu said with a smile.

Toy gritted his teeth and really wanted to hit someone