Depending on the color of the wine, wines can be divided into three categories, red, white and rosé. Among them, rosé wine is the most commonly drunk wine in France due to its light and simple taste: in 2014, the total consumption of rosé wine in the world was 2.23 billion liters, and France alone accounted for nearly 40% of the total consumption, with a total consumption of 820 million liters.
 
As the lowest threshold for drinking, rosé wine usually costs between $15 and $20, and in the French mind, spending a lot of money on rosé wine is an unwise choice. This notion has been loosened in recent years, and the game-changer is Château Butterfly Orchid in Provence.
 
Château Butterfly Orchid, located in the Provence region of southern France, began to make a name for itself in the hands of Sacha Lichine. Sacha Lichine is the second generation of Château Margaux in the Médoc, and after closing the family business, he acquired Château Butterflyland in 2006 and teamed up with Patrick Leon, the former chief winemaker of Château Mouton of the Rothschild family, to create a more high-end and classic Provençal rosé.
 
Château Butterfly Orchid has a total area of 267 hectares, of which 44 hectares are planted with grapes such as Grenache, Vermentino, Cinsault, Merlot, Mauverdere, Syrah and Tibouhon. In order to avoid high temperatures, the grapes are usually harvested between sunrise and noon; After harvesting, the grapes are sorted by hand and machine, and the stems are removed to ensure that all the grapes involved in the vinification have almost the same physical characteristics.
 
Launched in 2007, Whispering Angel, the evergreen entry to Château Butterfly Orchid, is now produced in 360,000 cases a year, making it one of the world's most popular rosé wines. This is an easy-to-drink wine that is used to make grape varieties such as Grenache, Houl, Cinsault, Syrah and Mourvèdret, harvested from the winery and surrounding vineyards, the must is fermented in stainless steel vats, unaged, kept at a low temperature throughout, in order to preserve the fresh white peach flavor and minerality, the taste is crisp and clean, and the style is classic, suitable for beginners and experienced drinkers alike.
 
If the Angel's Whisper led the Butterfly Orchid into the field of vision of the rosé drinker, then the Jialu is the queen bee who led the rosé wine to break through the ceiling: a bottle of Butterfly Orchid Jialu costs up to 80 euros, 3-4 times more than a regular rosé, Forbes magazine believes that it "takes the rosé to unprecedented heights", and Jancis Robinson, James Suckling and other well-known wine critics directly describe it as "the greatest rosé wine of all time".
 
It is not without reason that the winery's most precious 80-year-old vine, Grenache, is used, and it is paired with Vermentino, Syrah and other grape varieties, of which white grapes account for a large proportion. The must is fermented in new barrels and aged in Burgundy oak barrels for 10 months, during which the wine is individually controlled throughout the more than a year, resulting in a golden-yellow wine that is more golden than peach-coloured. Of course, there are also people who can't accept the relatively "excessive" barrel flavor of Jialu, so in general, Jialu is more suitable for high-end rosé drinkers.
 
In addition to Jialu, Angel Whisper, Rock Angel and other entry-level Butterfly Orchid Rosé can be purchased on JD.com, Angel Whisper is priced at 199 yuan in China, and Rock Angel is priced at 399 yuan.