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(302)
Such a fun and informative excursion! Did not feel rushed and the vineyards selected are the top quality!
Had a great morning of wine tasting. The visit to Saint emillion was amazing. A beautiful little village. Just enough time there to appreciate it and as it was a morning trip there were no crowds. The 2 winerie tours were amazing. Very friendly and knowledgeable guides and the wines were delicious. Sonia our guide was brilliant. Polite, friendly and spoke great English. Thank you Sonia. We had an amazing time, I can definitely recommend.
Friendly guide, good comments, interesting vineyards, appreciated air conditioning
Sonia did a great job on our tour. The two wineries we went to were both quite good, and were an interesting contrast of how winemaking works in Bordeaux, in terms of size, technique, et al. Highly recommended!
Highly recommend! We had a wonderful time visiting two wineries and the beautiful town Saint Emilion. We really enjoyed the wine selections, our guide was very informative and enjoyed spending time with her and spending time people on our tour was a lot of fun too, everyone was from different countries. It would have been nice to have more time in the town, Saint Emilion. Our guid was very efficient with the time we had so the only way to have more time in the town would be to extend the duration time of the trip, start earlier or end later. Thank you!
Really enjoyable and informative tour. Sonia was a great guide. Would thoroughly recommend.
Visiting the wineries with Sonia was amazing!! Beautiful location and a great tasting experience! I would definitely recommend.
Great tour that included two wineries the. Château Le Châtelet (Grand Cru Classe’) and the Chateau Bernateau (Grand Cru) wineries. Fantastic explanation of the process and tour of each winery, and tasting of 7 wines in total (all red). A hour visit of the historic old town of St Emilion was nice - only criticism is there is a very steep cobblestone section of the walk which was quite difficult to walk along, the tour guide should have explained this to the group as there was an alternative easier option available.
Such a great tour! Sonia was such an amazing guide, she told us a little about the history of Bordeaux, the region and the grapes. We visited 2 vineyards, both family owned for generations which made it so much special and interesting. We then went to St Emilion village for some free time and the views were spectacular. Definitely a must when going to Bordeaux!
A great easy half day. Plenty to learn, time to wander and excellent information. We benefited from am early start, before St. Emilion erupted with tourists.
