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Beat Lafite in blind tasting
Helan Qingxue Winery
Historic 2011 moment: Helan Qingxue's Jiabeilan 2009 beat Lafite in a Decanter blind tasting, shocking the wine world. Small production, meticulous viticulture, world-class terroir expression.
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Good to know
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Languages
- English-friendly
How to Complete
4 steps curated by Wine Memories
Insider Tips
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Try Jiabeilan - the wine that shocked Decanter
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Very limited production - book early
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Worth every yuan
Tagged
- iconic
- decanter-award
- world-class
- must-visit
Updated February 2026