Established in 1935, the family-run company Domaine Clarence Dillon owns several prestigious wine estates including Château Haut-Brion, Château La Mission Haut-Brion, and Château Quintus. Founded in 2005 by Prince Robert de Luxembourg and the Dillon family, Clarence Dillon Wines is one of Bordeaux’s most significant fine wine merchants (Négociant). The company represents and distributes some of the finest wines in the world with a primary focus on the great châteaux of Bordeaux. Its privileged relationship with eminent producers and its exceptional storage facility guarantee the perfect provenance of the wines.
Domaine Clarence Dillon also owns a Parisian residence, truly an embassy for the French art of living so highly prized by its Chairman and CEO, Prince Robert of Luxembourg. The building houses the two-starred gastronomic restaurant, Le Clarence, as well as La Cave du Château, an exceptional retail and e-tail shop selling the finest wines and spirits from France’s terroirs.
In 2018, Prince Robert of Luxembourg and Domaine Clarence Dillon joined “Primum Familiae Vini”, an international association bringing together 12 families, owners of prestigious estates and domains producing some of the world’s finest wines.
Clarence Dillon Wines’s main activities focus on en-primeurs and in-bottle sales, benefitting from a deep stock of exceptional Classified Growths, while always aiming to live up to its motto: excellence without compromise.
Exceptional Wines
In 2005, seventy years after Mr. Clarence Dillon acquired Château Haut-Brion in Bordeaux, his great-grandson, Prince Robert de Luxembourg, opened a new chapter in the Dillon family history by creating the Fine Wine Merchant, Clarence Dillon Wines.
Clarence Dillon Wines is a major “Négociant” in Bordeaux and also the creator and exclusive distributor of the first super premium brand family of wines in Bordeaux: Clarendelle, inspired by Haut-Brion. Named after Clarence Dillon, Clarendelle exemplifies the legacy of excellence instigated by this eminent patriarch.
Wine Trade
Clarence Dillon Wines has grown into one of the leading fine wine merchants in Bordeaux, initially boasting partnerships with the most illustrious estates in the region. These exclusive alliances with the top Chateaux and its impressive depth of stocks have enabled the company to be one of the most trusted and sought out partners on the “Place de Bordeaux”, ensuring perfect provenance and exceptional expert guidance to its exacting French and International clientele.
Clarence Dillon Wines’ business is driven by a set of clear values: respect for the heritage of this family-owned firm, trust, reliability and a quest for excellence in customer service.
A Story Inspired by Haut-Brion
Clarendelle, Bordeaux’s first premium family of wine, is the brainchild of Prince Robert de Luxembourg who took over running of the eminent Domaine Clarence Dillon group in 2008. Created in 2005 and named in honour of Mr. Clarence Dillon, Prince Robert de Luxembourg’s great-grandfather who acquired Château Haut-Brion in 1935, the Clarendelle group also includes Château Haut-Brion, La Mission Haut-Brion, and Château Quintus.
Prince Robert says:
“As a young man, living in London, I had neither a cellar nor a significant budget that would allow me to store and acquire classified growths from Bordeaux. I loved the wines from this region and my tastes had been greatly influenced by my annual stays at Château Haut-Brion. I was looking for fine blended wines with some bottle age, an authentic reflection of the South West terroirs and marked by the unique originality of each vintage. They needed to be affordable and dependable while nonetheless displaying complexity, elegance, and balance. This is how the Clarendelle family of wines was conceived and ultimately born.”
The Clarendelle Family
Clarendelle, inspired by Haut-Brion, offers wines which embody the subtle balance between savoir-faire and a resolutely contemporary expression of the French art de vivre. Perfectly aged fine blended wines authentically reflect the world renowned Bordeaux terroir, with consistency and uncompromising quality, displaying complexity, elegance, and balance.
A member of the eminent Domaine Clarence Dillon family of wines (Haut-Brion, La Mission Haut-Brion and Quintus), the style of the Clarendelle wines is dictated by an expression of the Bordeaux terroir which aims to produce subtle elegance in age-worthy wines.
Born into a culture deeply rooted in a century of prestigious estate wine blending, Clarendelle is a name that promises unique expertise in winemaking and blending from a First Growth winemaking team. Their commitment to quality is of the highest order: the wines are blended and aged by Clarence Dillon Wines’ own oenologist in close collaboration with those of Domaine Clarence Dillon (Château Haut-Brion, Château La Mission Haut-Brion and Château Quintus). True to its Premier Grand Cru Classé heritage, Clarendelle is crafted with unwavering attention to detail, representing uncompromising quality with every vintage.
The Clarendelle wines are a perfect introduction to the richness of Bordeaux’s exceptional terroir and a true benchmark for winemaking excellence, the world over.
Clarendelle is an exalted name whose family of wines will procure immediate pleasure to the initiated global wine lover. The red wines come primarily from the Saint-Émilion the Haut-Medoc, and the Pessac-Leognan regions (including the Domaine Clarence Dillon estates). The white wine comes mainly from the Graves region (including Pessac-Leognan).
All of the wines in the Clarendelle family undergo an ageing process which allows them to become more complex, approachable and elegant. Ageing is ensured in their state-of-the-art eco-friendly wine storerooms, allowing cellaring to ensure that each wine reveals its natural refinement and elegance. They are released for sale only when deemed to fully express their qualities and are thus ready to be enjoyed.
Clarendelle is an inspired blend reflecting Balance, Elegance and Complexity.
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