Bordeaux Wine Tours
September Daily Itinerary
Nothing is better than being on a Bordeaux Wine Tour to immerse yourself in Bordeaux's fantastic wine culture. Delight in seafood entrees paired with cool crisp Graves, and succulent lamb dishes alongside powerful complex reds from the Haut-Médoc or the Right Bank. Treat yourself to vineyard tours and elite wine tastings. This is why our Bordeaux Wine Tours have been so successful and you'll have so much fun.
This is the full itinerary for one our September Bordeaux Wine Tour. It features premiers grands crus classés, garage wines, and petits châteaux. Expert local wine professionals spend each day with you. After this enlightening and enjoyable vacation together, you will have an intimate understanding of what Bordeaux is all about.
The price of our Bordeaux Wine Tours price is $3750. Click here to see all it includes.
You can sign up now on our secure web site, or please give us a call at 1-800-449-7147 or send us an email for more information. We're looking forward to hearing from you!
"I want to thank you again for an AMAZING week of fun, knowledge and quite frankly a trip of a lifetime through Bordeaux! You were great in all aspects of the trip and everything was done just so well.
Thanks again....I look forward to Tuscany next year!"
Tim Morse- Washington, D.C.
Day 1
Kick-off in Historic Bordeaux Center
Highlights:
- Champagne welcome
- Typical Bordelaise dinner
- Jean-Pierre Rousseau
One of France's most prominent wine négociants, Jean-Pierre Rousseau is tonight’s guest of honor. Over a festive glass or two of champagne, he will kick off your Bordeaux Wine Tour giving you his insights on the world of French Wine, and Bordeaux in particular. Then you are off to a fantastic eight wine dinner that Jean-Pierre has arranged at one of his favorite Bordeaux restaurants.
Day 2
Grands Vins of the Right Bank
Highlights:
- Bordeaux Wine Tasting Tours: Château Cheval Blanc, Clos Fourtet, Château Bertinat Lartigue
- Lunch & Wine Tasting Tour: Château de Cornemps
Start with Cheval Blanc and Clos Fourtet! Richard Dubois is Master of Ceremonies today, starting with visits to these two archetypes of Bordeaux’s right bank, two of St Emilion’s Grand Cru Classé wineries. At lunch, enjoy Florence Fagard’s traditional ‘repas paysan’ at gold medal Château de Cornemps. The wine cellar sits alongside a 13th century Romanesque church. After lunch, Richard leads a wine tasting of his Orisse du Casse, Artemis, and P. du Roy at Château Bertinat Lartigue.
Day 3
Pomerol and Petits Châteaux
Highlights:
- Bordeaux Wine Tasting Tours: Château de Barbe Blanche, Château Garraud
- Lunch & Wine Tasting Tour: Château La Cabanne
- Guided tour of underground St Emilion
Today’s outing in the Right Bank begins with an optional guided tour of St Emilion. Famous not only for its wine, St Emilion’s history goes back over 1,200 years. Medieval alleyways crisscross above the ancient caves and catacombs. St Emilion’s unique underground church is carved out of a single piece of rock. Visit St Emilion’s wine boutiques before heading off to Château la Cabanne for a delicious meal highlighted with a special old vintage red. Eye-opening wine tours to Château Garraud and Château Barbe Blanche this afternoon, then you are back in Bordeaux in time for a free evening of exploration, window-shopping, or a world of culinary delights.
Day 4
Graves, Pessac-Léognan, Sauternes with the André Lurton Family
Highlights:
- Bordeaux Wine Tasting Tours: Château Bonnet, Château d’Yquem, Château Rochemorin, Château La Louvière
- Lunch & Wine Tasting Tour: Château Couhins-Lurton
André Lurton is a legend in Bordeaux. He's with you today as you tour Bordeaux's southern reaches of Pessac-Léognan, Graves, and an unforgettable visit to Château D’Yquem, the Emperor of Sauternes. At lunch, dine at historic National Monument Château La Louvière. The Lurtons invite you to two more of their leading domains before a relaxing evening in Bordeaux.
Day 5
The Haut Medoc
Highlights:
- Bordeaux Wine Tasting Tours: Château Margaux, Château Mouton Rothschild, Château Lynch-Bages
- Lunch & Wine Tasting Tour: Château Lagrange
- Dinner: In the heart of Bordeaux
- Visit of Barrel Maker at Château Margaux
Two of the Five Premier Grand Crus Classés kick off today’s agenda – first you'll enjoy a wine tasting tour of Château Margaux, where you will also discover the ins and outs of oak barrel making. Then you are tasting wine and touring Château Mouton Rothschild. After a delicious lunch at no less than St Julien’s Château Lagrange, Château Lynch-Bages welcomes you for an enlightening visit and wine tasting. Look forward to a to-die-for dinner back in Bordeaux this evening.
Day 6
Grand Finale in the Haut Medoc with Vincent Fabre & the Lucien Lurton Family
Highlights:
- Bordeaux Wine Tasting Tours: Cos Labory, Château Haut-Bages Libéral, Château Durfort-Vivens
- Lunch & Wine Tasting Tour: Château Lamothe-Cissac with Vincent Fabre leading a wine tasting of his domains.
- Dinner & Wine Tasting: Château Brane-Cantenac
- Guided tour of Bordeaux’s Historical District
Enjoy some free time this morning. Take advantage of a walking tour of Bordeaux’s historical district, or enjoy a restful morning shopping or simply sleeping in. Later this morning, Vincent Fabre and the Lucien Lurton family are today’s insider connections to the Haut Médoc. You can’t beat lunch at Château Lamothe-Cissac and an extraordinary dinner at Château Brane-Cantenac. Sprinkle in a couple more visits to Château Haut-Bages Libéral and Château Durfort-Vivens and you have the grand finale of our Bordeaux wine tour together.
Day 7
Your Bordeaux tour ends today after breakfast, so we bid you goodbye and plan to see you again in Burgundy, Champagne, Provence, or Tuscany.
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