00:00When I came here and they told me these are the best pieces of land, I thought, sure, but it's true, it's perfection.
00:18To make a great wine, it's not only a great terroir, a great chateau, but then it's the human factor, you know, you need love.
00:25It's more than a manufactured agricultural product, it's something closer to a miracle.
00:34Resilience of Bordeaux is quite amazing when you realize that this place has been able to survive revolutions, wars.
00:43Things can change in both directions. What we must protect is the wine.
00:55Right now, I think everyone has the wine fever.
01:08You have seen demand massively exceed supply.
01:12Today, China's probably got around 600 US dollar billionaires. That's more than the UN.
01:19America used to be the biggest market in the world for these wines and it's not anymore. The prices are just too high.
01:26No matter what, this is what I want. I want to bring it home.
01:29The auction year was going like 300,000, 500,000. Then suddenly, I just raised my pedals at 1.5 million.
01:37If they've lived through the Cultural Revolution, this means they've gone to hell and come back.
01:50If a dozen mainland Chinese decided to buy everything in the marketplace, very soon it only takes a few people to corner the entire market.
01:59Bordeaux is all about trade. It's all about politics. What makes its heart beat is I want to be richer than I am. I want to be more powerful than I am. And I know how to do it.
02:13That's the latest sign of the global power shift. Chinese investors, yes, scooping out the states and vineyards across Bordeaux.
02:21We haven't seen anything yet. We haven't even scratched the surface.
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