Treasures of Saint-Emilion

Last summer the company of Prince Robert of Luxembourg Domaine Clarence Dillon bought Vineyard and a magnificent terroir, located on the edge of the plateau of Saint Emilion in Bordeaux. This summer, the result of the efforts of the team and the family Dillon small parties appeared on the market. "The acquisition of the economy opened up Dillon family and our entire team of exciting new features," - says the president of Domaine Clarence Dillon, Prince Robert of Luxembourg. main objective of the family business since the transaction was to study the newly acquired land, which have been applied in-depth knowledge and technologies in the field of winemaking, which had accumulated and improved famous wine home for eight decades in the estate Château Haut-Brion. Preparing for the harvest 2011 in the new economy took place under the guidance of the winemakers of La Mission and Château Haut-Brion. Harvest was carefully selected. The first priority was to ensure the excellent quality of the first harvest Château Quintus, comparable to the quality of the legendary wines of Haut-Brion. The number of bottles produced amounted to only 28% of the 2009 harvest. "In 2011 it was produced only 17 000 bottles, while in 2009, our predecessors have released about 60 000. Thus, our production philosophy is, in fact, the wine itself is fundamentally different from what it was before us" - Adds Prince Robert of Luxembourg. Wines Château Quintus and Le Dragon de Quintus were first presented to the public during the En Primeurs in April 2012 and immediately received high marks internationally renowned critics. "We are extremely proud of the fact that our first crop estates Quintus was awarded the highest assessment of Mr. Robert Parker, as well as the fact that this wine has risen in line with the wines of the top 10 economies in our region", - concludes the Prince Robert of Luxembourg. Following this, the company Domaine Clarence Dillon announced the sale of a limited batch of 1 000 boxes of each type of wine. Bottles specially designed for a series of Quintus, have been created based on the bottles of Château Haut-Brion middle of the XIX century, recently found in the pirate hiding on the island of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean. A distinctive feature of both bottles - print-relief «QV» on the glass.