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SHE - Honouring Female Winemakers - Nathalie Bassot Dworkin
Nathalie Bassot Dworkin
Clarence Dillon Wines
1.How do you balance tradition and innovation in your winemaking process?
We blend Clarendelle in the traditional spirit and the know-how of our parent company, Domaine Clarence Dillon. Clarendelle is a premium wine, for which we have high standards in terms of quality. This involves continuous sourcing, with winemaking partners committed to the same technical and environmental values. Innovation means adapting to the vintage each year and working on finding the right balance to create the perfect blend.
2.What are the biggest business challenges you have encountered, and how did you overcome them?
A wine family such as Clarendelle demands consistency in complexity, elegance and balance whatever the vintage and its weather. This is our challenge every year; we want to remain a safe bet and provide affordable wines for our customers.
3.What makes your wines unique, and what story do you want them to tell the world?
The style of 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 one hundred years of prestigious château blending, Clarendelle benefits from the expertise and know-how of a First Growth winemaking team. Like Haut-Brion wines, Clarendelle ensures uncompromising quality and consistency from one vintage to the next. The wines are cellared and only released to the market when they are deemed ready to be enjoyed by consumers.
4.What inspired you to become a winemaker, and what challenges did you face as a woman in the industry?
A biochemist by training, I have always been passionate about aromas. When I lived in Paris, I soon realized I wanted a job closer to nature. I was interested in wine and in the 1990s I moved to Bordeaux to study oenology. At the time, there were few women in technical positions. Women had to prove themselves without compromise in this male-dominated environment.
5.How do you see the role of women evolving in the wine industry, and what advice would you give to aspiring female winemakers?
There are more and more of us, and many women now hold key positions at famous estates. As women, we possess a unique sensitivity and emotional connection to elegance, refinement, and beauty. This sensitivity guides the care and attention we bring to everything we create. In winemaking, it is crucial, and must be complemented by rigor, discipline and persistence to achieve the best possible blend. We must never give up!
Clarence Dillon Wines
1.How do you balance tradition and innovation in your winemaking process?
We blend Clarendelle in the traditional spirit and the know-how of our parent company, Domaine Clarence Dillon. Clarendelle is a premium wine, for which we have high standards in terms of quality. This involves continuous sourcing, with winemaking partners committed to the same technical and environmental values. Innovation means adapting to the vintage each year and working on finding the right balance to create the perfect blend.
2.What are the biggest business challenges you have encountered, and how did you overcome them?
A wine family such as Clarendelle demands consistency in complexity, elegance and balance whatever the vintage and its weather. This is our challenge every year; we want to remain a safe bet and provide affordable wines for our customers.
3.What makes your wines unique, and what story do you want them to tell the world?
The style of 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 one hundred years of prestigious château blending, Clarendelle benefits from the expertise and know-how of a First Growth winemaking team. Like Haut-Brion wines, Clarendelle ensures uncompromising quality and consistency from one vintage to the next. The wines are cellared and only released to the market when they are deemed ready to be enjoyed by consumers.
4.What inspired you to become a winemaker, and what challenges did you face as a woman in the industry?
A biochemist by training, I have always been passionate about aromas. When I lived in Paris, I soon realized I wanted a job closer to nature. I was interested in wine and in the 1990s I moved to Bordeaux to study oenology. At the time, there were few women in technical positions. Women had to prove themselves without compromise in this male-dominated environment.
5.How do you see the role of women evolving in the wine industry, and what advice would you give to aspiring female winemakers?
There are more and more of us, and many women now hold key positions at famous estates. As women, we possess a unique sensitivity and emotional connection to elegance, refinement, and beauty. This sensitivity guides the care and attention we bring to everything we create. In winemaking, it is crucial, and must be complemented by rigor, discipline and persistence to achieve the best possible blend. We must never give up!