Saint Emilion Wine Tour Tasting Half Day from Bordeaux
Description
Come to discover the prestigious vineyard of Saint-Emilion ! Go off to explore the lovely medieval village of Saint-Emilion, taste top wines and visit both prestigious and rustic wineries during a 5-hours tour in minibus (maximum of 8 people) with a savvy guide. At each winery, you will have an introduction about the history of the estate, then you will visit the technical installations, ending with an explanation about the oak barrels and the aging process. The tour will end with a commented tasting of the Château wines. Your tour includes 6 wines tasting minimum and a French aperitif (cheese, cured meat, chocolate & crackers...) OR sweet specialities from Bordeaux macaroons from Saint-Emilion & cannelés depending on the day of the visit. The visit fo Saint-Emilion village is included in the tour. The morning tour starts at 8.30 am and finishs at 1.30 pm (+/- 15 minutes) The afternoon tour starts at 13.30 pm and finishs at 6.30pm (+/- 15 minutes)
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Itinerary
Bordeaux - Saint-Emilion : 45 minutes/1h Saint-Emilion - Bordeaux : 45 minutes/1h During the drive, your guide, speaking english, will give you informations about the history of the Bordeaux vineyard and will explain you the program of the day. During the trip, you will visit 2 wineries : a top winery classified Grand Cru Classé and a family-run estate.
During the tour, you will visit 2 wineries, 1 top winery (Grand Cru Classé) and a family-run estate. Your tour includes 2 wineries visit (introduction about the history of the estate and technical informations about how to make the wine), 6 wines tasting minimum in total and a French aperitif (cheese, cured meat & bread at the 1° or 2nd winery) OR sweet specialities from Bordeaux macaroons from Saint-Emilion & cannelés depending on the day of the visit.
Go off to explore the lovely medieval village of Saint-Emilion, listed as World Heritage Site by Unesco. The tour can be guided or if you wish, you can have free time in Saint-Emilion.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children under 18 years of age must be accompanied by an adult
- Visit in french and english
- Bring your passport or national identity card
- Please arrive 10 minutes early the start of the trip
- Think of taking comfortable shoes !
- We do not provide child car seats
- You must bring your own child seat (mandatory until 10 years old)
- Children must have a ticket. The same as the adult's
- If the children do not have tickets, they will be refused entry
Reviews(328)
The vineyards were great! I enjoyed learning about the process and traditions of the area. Very informative and the wines were delicious. I bought a bottle at the second vineyard.
Was great, short day tour, definitely dont rely on the snacks as its minimal. Visited two vineyards.
Sonia is a fantastic tour guide, we learned so much about the Bordeaux region wine production and history during our 40 min drive to St Emilion. Only 6 grape varieties and vast differences in terroir, soil either on north bank, south bank or between the rivers. Visited 2 wineries first largely to taste (Chatlelet) and second for an in depth knowledge shared of the process and the complexity of single grape varieties and the blending process during the tasting with Alex at Bernateu. Our trip had the luxury of only 5 people and we had the pleasure of the company of two lovely ladies from Chicago plus Bernard from Philadelphia. Following the wineries a visit to St Emilion town where Sonia shared its incredible history, walked with us to the Kirk and then set us free, we chose to go for more wine and local cheese and charcuterie in the fantastic company of our new pal from Philly. Highly recommended.
Sonia was a great guide. This is a really fun, easy half day trip from Bordeaux. Definitely recommend!
The trip was organized very well - nice to visit two châteaux du vins, both to taste different wines, but also to learn something new each place. The guide was pleasent and good at explaining the wine areas. Perfect group size.
Excellent visit to 2 winery’s, tasted 6 red wines over the course of the day. Options to buy some at the end of each, Sonia was very nice and helpful with information. Would book again!
What a wonderful experience and brilliant tour organised by Viator and our guide Sonia. From the communications to our final goodbyes, we enjoyed everything. We had a brilliant group, it was small and this made the whole experience so much more enjoyable. Will definitely be using the company again for future tours. Thank you so much again for making the whole experience so special.
Early morning is a good time to visit Saint Emilion as it is before it gets busy. Saint Emilion is hilly so may not suit people with mobility issues
Sonia was an excellent guide. Trip was very enjoyable. Lovely company and wine. Perfect amount of time at wine tasting and St Emilion. Highly recommend.
In short, the whole trip was a brilliant experience! Sonia was very welcoming, friendly and knowledgeable, sharing great information on the wine of the region as we drove to the Vineyards. The people we met at the vineyards were all very friendly, engaging and knowledgeable too, it was great to visit two different types of Vineyards, with equally brilliant wine! The stop-off in Saint-Emillion at the end was brilliant too and beautiful. We would highly recommend this tour with Sonia
