Klara organic wines represent an expansion beyond Bordeaux for the Dillon family and Prince Robert of Luxembourg, who is CEO and chairman of the Domaine Clarence Dillon group.
Described by the company as ‘a one-way ticket to the south of France’, the Klara range is making its debut with red, white and rosé wines from the 2023 vintage.
The wines, created to be fruit-forward and for immediate drinking, have a suggested retail price of €15 per bottle, a Clarence Dillon spokesperson said.
All will be labelled as ‘Vin de France’, and the group said wines have been sourced from specific producers across a Mediterranean arc spanning Provence, the Rhône and Languedoc-Roussillon – the latter now forming part of the wider Occitanie region.
Use of the Vin de France designation gives the team more flexibility to slightly alter the wines’ make-up vintage by vintage, a spokesperson for Domaine Clarence Dillon said.
‘With Klara, our goal is to always select the finest organic wines from throughout southern France and produce elegant cuvées that reflect their roots using our blending expertise,’ the spokesperson added.
The line-up. Credit: Courtesy of Domaine Clarence Dillon
The first Klara organic wines, from the 2023 vintage, are:
Klara red – 70% Syrah, 30% Grenache, at (15% abv) Klara white – 50% Sauvignon, 50% Viognier (12.5% abv) Klara rosé – 70% Grenache, 30% Syrah (13% abv)
Winemaker Nathalie Bassot-Dworkin is director of operations and
