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Overview of Médoc Wine Tour
The Médoc wine country encompasses the mythical wine appellations of Margaux, St Julien, Pauillac, St Estéphe, and Haut-Médoc, all located on the left bank of Bordeaux. This star-studded wine region is packed tightly with thousands of famous Châteaux and vineyards. The Atlantic Ocean is to the west, and the Gironde estuary is to the east, which both help to create the unique terroir as they affect not only the microclimate but also the soils that characterize each appellation.
The grapes on the left bank make the region’s rich red wines, including Cabernet Sauvignon (which dominates), Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and occasional, very targeted Malbec and Petit Verdot. The best examples of Médoc wines are full-bodied, concentrated, and extremely elegant.
A wine-tasting tour of the Médoc is de rigueur for French wine lovers, and we have created various one-day tours from Bordeaux City to offer our guests a unique introduction to the region’s excellent food and wine. We work with an array of extraordinary, hand-selected wine estates, making incredible wines but also friendly, welcoming, personalized tours, elegant hospitality, and a superb wine tourism experience. You will have a private chauffeur to ensure maximum enjoyment and an enjoyable tasting experience. Contact us today and start planning your Médoc adventure.
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
- Luxury Transportation: Enjoy the Comfort of a Chauffeured Mercedes
- VIP tour and tastings: at Cru Classé Wine Estates in the Médoc and a Wine Blending Class
- Gourmet Experience: Michelin Starred Lunch
Unveiling Your Customized Médoc Wine Adventure: Explore Your Tailored Itinerary
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Michelin starred Cordeillan Bages Médoc Wine Tour
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- Lunch with wines
- Private Chauffeur Mercedes
This morning, your private driver will collect you at your hotel or château in or around Bordeaux City. Board the plush Mercedes, sit back, and relax. Destination: Médoc. Dutch engineers arrived in the 1600s and began draining the once-salt marshes, making the flat region suitable for viticulture. Little by little, aristocrats and tycoons of the day moved in and established large estates with enormous châteaux and vineyards.
Thomas Jefferson was vital in bringing the region’s wines to the world with his enthusiasm and insistence that the fine wines be bottled so he could take them home. Learn all about the history of the region today while tasting fabulous wines!
Arrive at your first estate of the day, Château Giscours. Built-in the 19th century in honor of Empress Eugenie de Montijo, the winery owns 82 hectares in the prestigious Margaux appellation—the origins of the actual estate date back to the 14th century when it was a fortified dungeon. Wine makers have produced wine on the property since the 1550s, and a century later, it graced the tables of France’s Sun King Louis XIV. Your dashing Dutch host has lived in Bordeaux for twenty years and is passionate about his adopted wine region. Tour the estate and learn all about the history of Giscours, taking in the beauty of the surroundings.
Then, continue with your host on a private tour at the nearby Château du Tertre, whose owner is the same and one of our favorites. Tertre has a beautiful small château with perfectly manicured vineyards and delightful architecture. The cellar team is friendly and international; after a tour of the property, you will have an excellent vertical tasting of the wines of Giscours and Tertre—a unique way to end your morning.
At this stage, you will be ready to settle into a terrific meal, and we have an exceptional treat planned- a chef’s taster menu with paired wines at the Two Michelin-starred Thierry Marx restaurant at the Cordeillan Bages. Considered to be a cross between the nutty professor and gastronomic Einstein, Marx is, at the very least, an exceptionally talented chef. Enjoy his food art!
After a very memorable lunch, you have another exciting activity to look forward to, an “Assemblage” private tutorial at the cru classé Château Lagrange winery in the beautiful wine country of St Julien. Learn how the winemakers here select the percentage of vinified single varietal wines for their blends, and have fun making your blend. Finish with a tasting of your blend and, of course, bottled Lagrange. This is an entertaining way to finish your wine tour of the Médoc.
Your driver will drop you off at your hotel or château in Bordeaux/ St Emilion.
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If you would like us to customize an exclusive luxury tour, contact us and let us know your travel plans. We offer luxury food and wine tours for private groups of a mininium two guests. In addition, all of our private, chauffeured tours are available year-round upon request.
