How can I justify myself as a Magnate if I don't indulge myself?-Chapter 395 - 183: 82-Year-Old Lafite...

Several minutes had passed since the restaurant manager had left.

While exchanging small talk and discovering each other’s everyday interests, Mr. Gu and Ouyang Nana were approached by the restaurant manager flanked by two waiters, each carrying a tray to their table.

Mr. Gu looked up curiously just in time to see the two waiters gracefully placing glasses filled with a dark red liquid in front of them.

"Mr. Gu, Ms. Ouyang, these two glasses contain red wine for aperitif, they have been aerated in advance and are ready for your enjoyment now. Drinking a little red wine before a meal can stimulate the taste buds and help you better appreciate the upcoming cuisine.

This red wine is from the 1982 vintage of the Lafite Estate, it has been aged for 42 years and is incredibly scarce and precious."

Initially, Mr. Gu had no extra thoughts about the red wine, but upon hearing it was from ’82 Lafite, he couldn’t help raising an eyebrow slightly.

Whether in novels or films and TV shows, ’82 Lafite was a term he had often heard; it could be said that for many people in Hua Country, their introduction to high-end red wines began with ’82 Lafite, including Mr. Gu...

However, with the advent of the internet, and despite never having tasted ’82 Lafite himself, he was aware that finding one genuine bottle out of a thousand ’82 Lafites was already quite an achievement. After all, the Lafite Winery only produced 180,000 bottles for the entire year of ’82, yet Hua Country alone claimed to sell over two million bottles a year, which just shows how ludicrous the counterfeit wine situation had become...

With that thought, Mr. Gu couldn’t help but laugh and ask, "Is this ’82 Lafite from your restaurant the real deal?"

The restaurant manager, seemingly accustomed to this question, smoothly replied, "Of course, we can guarantee with 100 percent certainty that every bottle of ’82 Lafite our customers drink is authentic.

Our restaurant’s owner is one of the major shareholders of Lafite Winery; he originally opened this restaurant to create a private dining space. As he invited more friends over, the nature of the restaurant gradually changed, and now it has developed into a public establishment that’s open for business.

Thus, every bottle of red wine from Lafite Winery in our restaurant is absolutely genuine, and we have no issues with counterfeits. Mr. Gu, if you don’t believe me, you may taste it first. The quality of a truly high-end red wine speaks for itself; it only needs to enter your mouth, and you can discern its authenticity."

Mr. Gu raised an eyebrow again at the response, "Even for someone like me, who doesn’t have much of a palate for wine, could tell?"

The restaurant manager nodded confidently, proudly stating, "Of course, a wine that has matured for 42 years fears no scrutiny."

Mr. Gu said no more and picked up his glass. He turned to Ouyang Nana, who sat across from him, and laughed, "Let’s have a pre-dinner drink. The manager assured me this is genuinely ’82 Lafite. I’m no oenophile, so have a taste yourself.

And if you think it’s not ’82 Lafite, tell me, and we won’t pay for the meal."

Ouyang Nana, amused by Mr. Gu’s joke, picked up her own wine glass to play along, "Skip a bill of over 200,000 if it’s a fake? This is the first time in my life I’m so eager to taste a counterfeit wine."

With that, their glasses clinked crisply together, and the deep red wine flowed into their mouths from the tall stems.

Truly wealthy heirs have certain etiquettes that set them apart from ordinary people.

Take Ouyang Nana, for instance, who understood perfectly the ritual of drinking red wine in French dining—first a small sip followed by a large one, and then savoring the last sip. Her actions, whether toasting or imparting wine knowledge, were exemplary, embodying the essence of French dining customs...

Mr. Gu, on the other hand, knew nothing of such dining etiquette and simply downed his wine in one gulp...

To him, a glass containing at most 30 milliliters of wine and being consumed with such ceremoniousness was preposterous.

While Mr. Gu didn’t understand Ouyang Nana’s actions, he nonetheless respected them and didn’t think of her as pretentious...

Some things are ingrained, she had been brought up with such education, and now she was applying it, isn’t that normal?

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Of course...

These so-called etiquettes are all relative.

With the status Mr. Gu held now, not to mention disregarding these rituals, even drinking wine straight from the bottle at a soiree would only lead others to praise him as unrestrained and spontaneous.

After finishing the wine, Mr. Gu savored the lingering aroma in his mouth, unable to help but reminisce...

Although inexperienced with wines, he could still discern good from bad.

Lately, he hadn’t lacked exposure to high-end wines, especially these past few days with the company of Frederick, Nicolas, and Douglas, having tasted wines from Romanicon Emperor among others; by that account, Mr. Gu was quite the experienced wine taster...

The moment ’82 Lafite touched his palate, its texture and flavor alone attested to its authenticity.

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After all, with its legendary status and such a lavish price that even ordinary wealthy folks could hardly afford it, ’82 Lafite must indeed possess something extraordinary. Rich people aren’t all fools; if it weren’t exceptional, it wouldn’t have maintained such high renown for decades.