00:00When I came here and they told me these are the best pieces of land I built, sure, but it's true, it's perfection.
00:16To make a great wine is 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.
00:31The resilience of Bordeaux is quite amazing when you realize that this place has been able to survive revolutions, wars.
00:41Things can change in both directions. What we must protect is the wine.
00:47Right now, I think everyone has the wine fever.
01:00You have seen demand massively exceed supply.
01:10Today, China's probably got around 600 US dollar billionaires. That's more than the US.
01:16America used to be the biggest market in the world for these wines and it's not anymore. The prices are just too high.
01:24No matter what, this is what I want. I want to bring it home.
01:27The auction year was going like $300,000, $500,000. Then suddenly, I just raised my payouts at $1.5 million.
01:35If they've lived through the Cultural Revolution, this means they've gone to hell and come back.
01:47If a dozen mainland Chinese decided to buy everything in the marketplace, very soon it only takes a few people to corner the entire market.
01:58We know that there are fake wines on the market.
02:02You can find today, in China, more bottles of Lafitte 1982 than they were produced in 1982 in Chateaulapide.
02:10Bordeaux is all about trade. It's all about politics. What makes this 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.
02:24Just the latest sign of the global power shift. Chinese investors, yes, scooping up estates and vineyards across Bordeaux.
02:32We haven't seen anything yet. We haven't even scratched the surface.
02:36We've reached the 30 years to 50 years old. We also have been eating our export of China's beans on the market.
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