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DAY TOUR: MERLOT WINE OF SAINT-EMILION AND POMEROL

At 9.30am, meet your guide at the tourist office in Bordeaux. Our minivan has air conditioning and comfortable seats. It takes barely 1h to arrive in Saint-Emilion and Pomerol. A nice occasion for you to hear more about Bordeaux’ Wines and taking time to admire the magnificent landscape of what is known as the Right Bank of Bordeaux’ region.

Enjoy a visit and wine tasting in a famous Classified Growth Château of the Pomerol or Saint Emilion appellation.

Starting with the best of what Saint-Émilion and Pomerol region wines offer! Most of the great Saint-Emilion and Pomerol wine come from the chateaux located on the côtes and the plateau. The côtes are the limestone, rich, hillsides that surround the picturesque village of St. Emilion. On the plateau, you have soils with limestone, clay, gravel, sand and iron deposits. The majority of the best Saint Emilion wine comes from the estates located on the plateau and the côtes of St. Emilion. With its massive layers and deposits of limestone, St. Emilion produces wines of richness, exotic textures and minerality.

Here is a quick overview of St Emilion unique classification unlike the rest of Bordeaux. St. Emilion wines were first classified in 1955 and have been continuously revised with the most recent revision occurring in 2012. Chateaus are divided into two First Growth classification-Premiers Grands Crus Classés A, which currently includes Château Ausone, Château Cheval Blanc, Château Pavie and Château Angélus and Premiers Grands Crus Classés B which currently includes 14 chateaux such as Château Beau-Séjour Bécot and Château Figeac. Below the Premiers crus are the Grands Crus Classés which currently includes 63 chateaux.

Another visit of a Classified Growth Chateau in the Village.

Then, arrive in the village and participate in another visit of a Classified Growth Chateau. The visit will be followed by a commented tasting that will take place in the village and that will include wines from the surrounding appellations such as Pomerol, Cotes de Castillon, Lussac, Montagne or Saint Georges Saint Emilion.

A guided tour of the village of St. Emilion.

A protected Unesco world heritage site will help discover the village on foot after which you will enjoy free time for personal discovery before lunch. The village takes its name from a Benedictine Monk who was known as Emilian. He lived in the area and is responsible for starting to create the uniquely designed, limestone church that is central the village of St. Emilion. Today, Saint-Emilion is famous also for its fascinating romanesque churches and ruins stretching all along steep and narrow streets, with cafés and boutiques of the terroir.

Lunch

After this full of surprise morning, you deserve a lunch. Enjoy one of the many restaurant that offer from chic snack food to gastronomy traditional french food in Saint-Emilion.

Afternoon visit and wine tasting.

Continue on with your discovery and experience of wine tasting with a third visit and wine tasting session in a local winery of the Pomerol or Saint Emilion wine producing region. You will encounter independent and passionate Saint-Emilion and Pomerol wine makers. You will learn everything hands on about this living cultural heritage of Bordeaux’s wine has to teach from grape varieties of Merlot and Cabernet France, to geology of the soil, the climate, and most importantly, the art of wine making in this appellation.

At 05.30PM, your guide will drop you off at Bordeaux tourist office.