Two weeks before China's first ever auction dedicated entirely to aged Maotai, China's most famous baijiu or white spirit, Liu Xiaowei, chairman of the auction house hosting the event, put the price of a 1982 vintage bottle of Maotai at between 10,000 yuan and 20,000 yuan. Why 1982? Because 1982 Lafite, the most sought after vintage of the most sought after French wine in China, was the only appropriate benchmark against which to measure China's own luxury tipple.
中国迄今为止首次茅台酒专场拍卖会两周前，举办方拍卖行的董事长刘晓伟将一瓶1982年产陈酿茅台酒的价格定在人民币一万元至两万元之间。为什么是1982年？因为1982年产拉菲葡萄酒在中国是最受欢迎的法国葡萄酒中最炙手可热的陈年佳酿，是衡量中国本土高档酒的唯一合适基准。
Mr. Liu put the price of a bottle of 1982 Lafite at about 60,000 yuan or 9,500
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