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(309)
Sonia was a great guide, St Emilion is a lovely town and went on to two wineries nearby, one of which a grand cru classe. Highly recommended day out!
Very knowledgeable about the wine, region and history. Very helpful and informative. Visited two Chateaus with different styles of tours and different wines. Both informative and the wines were lovely (one was an organic and one was a Grand Cru Classe). Would definitely recommend.
The guide, Sonia, was great - very friendly, knowledgeable and took us to 2 contrasting chateaux, both small scale with passionate hosts. They shared their love of and pride in their produce without any heavy selling pressure. We went to St Emilion at 9 on a Sunday morning - perfect, quiet and extremely picturesque.
We learned a good amount about the region, the wines and the weather without being overwhelmed
Great tour with a lovely guide who was super attentive and knowledgeable. St Emillion is divine and she took us to two vineyards, with Great wine to match. The pick up location was not super convenient, but dont let this put you off everything else was excellent!
It was such a hot day for our half day tour in St Emilion with Sonia but she remained peofessional at all times. Both wineries were nice but the first one was more special. Visiting the St Emilion village was also lovely at the end of the trip.
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!
