So what makes Bordeaux wines different than those produced in other regions around the world? The age of Bordeaux’s vineyards is a big one, according to Prince Robert of Luxembourg, CEO of Domaine Clarence Dillon. ‘The soils around Haut-Brion have been in the monoculture, or in St. Emilion for close to 2,000 years so that has impacted and been part of the micro-climate and what has formed the vineyards but also the taste of the wines that we produce.’ In the early 1500’s Jean de Pontac established the wine estate known as Chateau Haut-Brion.
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