Your 5-day Bordeaux Tour customized for a small group of 6 to 8 Wine, Food & Heritage amateurs elaborated by a French Bordelais Wine expert in the most renowned wine region in the world

Wine Nec Plus Ultra, Highlights of the Tour:
* Each hotel is a historical castle that growns wine and offers beautful setting and views. They are entirely privatised for the group. So you get the chance to discuss with theowner and wine grower
* Private guided visit with experts
* Private wine tastings only
* A boat ride on Arcachon Bay just for you
* A selection of gourmet resaturants that always serve fresh and homemade food at raisonnable price with great service
* Short-distance drive between each visit

Day 1 – Arrival Day in Bordeaux / Fronsac / Pomerol Discovery

• Arrival at Bordeaux either by train or plane
• Pick up at the airport or train station by an English-speaking driver very knowledgeable in the wine and heritage
• Transfer (duration 1h) to Saint Emilion area
• First stop at an incredible and historical wine castle in Fronsac area for an unforgettable tour of its huge underground cellars and. Then, you enjoy a trail in the vineyards overlooking ever-ending vineyards and the Dordogne River.
• Lunch at the castle or picnic in the vineyards depending of the weather.
• We drive you to another majestuous and historical wine castle located in Pomerol, few kilometers away from Saint Emilion. The chateau is surrounded by a romantic 15 hectares park created in the XIXth century with bicentennial trees and, of course, vineyards that produce great Wines from incredible terroirs of Bordeaux’s right bank.
• Time to relax in the garden or in the castle to admire the private art collection of the owner
• First introduction to Bordeaux wines with our wine expert who will introduce the different main grapes and appellations of the whole region.
• Dinner at the Chateau prepared by the chef of the castle on a terrace overlooking  the vineyards or inside a beautifully decorated dining room also used by the owner himself.
• Night at the wine castle

Day 2 – Saint Emilion discovery / Graves

• Continental breakfast at the hotel
• Check out
• A stroll through the narrow streets is the ideal way to discover  the magnificient  medieval town  of Saint Emilion, a magnificent medieval village, the capital of wine and and Unesco heritage village.
• Private guided visit of Saint Emilion’s underground heritage . Your guide, only holder of the keys, opens the monuments’ doors of the surprising monolithic church, the Trinity Chapel’s paintings and the mysterious catacombs and the Hermitage. (duration: 1 hour)
• Lunch at La Terrasse Rouge of La Dominique estate, overlooking the most renowned vineyards of Saint Emilion (including Cheval Blanc). Located in the heart of a 1-hectare park, the Château is composed of a host house, two perpendicular cellars, one contemporary wine cellar completed in 2014 and a farm building
• We continue the discovery of the region with a drive through the Saint Emilion vineyards, the world famous wine area, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, where two thousand years of a relationship between man and vines await you.
• Private visit and Wine Tasting of Wine Chateau , a Saint Emilion Grand Cru Classé. You’ll also have the opportunity to walk under the vineyards and discover a hidden cellar and underground chapel where hisotry and terroir speak by themselves.  Great wines will be tasted with a and great view on Saint Emilion village. What else?
• Drive to Pessac Leognan area (1 hour), one of the most beautiful vineyards (Graves Appellation located South of Bordeaux city, on the left bank of the river Garonne) and the oldest wine-growing region of Bordeaux.
• Now, you are hosted by the owner of another wine castle, the wine grower himself.
• Take some time to relax in your charming rooms located in the castle
• Wine tasting of the home-grown Pessac wine
• Dinner at the gourmet restaurant of the wine castle that offers inventive and freshly cooked food in a renovated horse stable
• Night at the wine castle

Day 3 – Medoc discovery

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Departure to Medoc (duration 40 mns)
  Drive through the Medoc
  The region spans the left bank of the Gironde from the mouth of the river to the city of Bordeaux and includes the four famous communes of St-Estephe, Pauillac, St. Julien and Margaux. All the wine made here is red.
• Private organic Wine tour and tasting at the famous Chateau Pontet-Canet.  You are invited to stroll through the stunning and organic vineyards on a golf buggy where you will be given a unique insight into the skills involved in the production of its wine. You then enter the 19th century vat room with its metallic structure which is architecturally inspired by the Eiffel era. This is followed by a visit to its brand new triconic vat room, the first of its kind in the Medoc
• Lunch in a charming and typical bistro at Saint Julien Village to enjoy simplicity but authenticity
• Private visit of ranother famous chateau, Chateau Gruaud Larose Saint Julien Beychevelle. Chevalier de Gruaud and Chevalier de La Rose owned this 70 hectare estate in Saint-Julien in the mid-18^th. Their two names were first associated on a label in 1781.
• If time permitted and depending of wine producer’s availabilities, we’ll be happy to add private tasting at famous and prestigious wine chateaux such as Pichon Longueville, Lynch Bages, Palmer or Margaux
• Transfer back to Bordeaux for a Gourmet dinner in the capital of wine
• Transfer back home
• Night at the wine castle

Day 4 – Arcachon Bay Discovery

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Departure to Arcachon Bay (duration 30 mns)
• Boat ride in a traditional boat that navigates you between the oyster parks in small channels, traditional villages and small beaches of the Peninsula
• Tasting of oysters with local white wine at the producer’s house
• Visit of Arcachon city and its villas with a typical Victorian architectural style. They were criticized for generations, but is now considered to be charming
• If time permitted, drink at La Coorniche hotel, a contemporary and pleasant place on the Arcachon Bay, next to the Pyla Dunes
• Drive back to Pessac
• Winery tour of Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte, ranked among the Grands Crus Classés for red wine. The house has been transformed during the last decade from being a common Bordelais wine to being one of the leading estates in the Graves.
• Dinner at one of the winerie’s restaurants that serves creative bistro-style food with fine seasonal home-grown organic products
• Drive back home
• Overnight at the wine castle

Day 5 – Pessac Leognan / Bordeaux Discovery / Paris

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Check out
• Relax and enjoy the hotel and its surroundings (visit and wine tastings at chateaux around can be organised upon request, such as Chateau Carbonnieux, Haut Brion or Larrivet Haut Brion)
• Transfer to Bordeaux (40 mns)
• Lunch in a bistro style restaurant within Bordeaux
• 2-hour Private guided tour of Bordeaux.  An Unesco World Heritage Site since 2007 for its value and unique heritage. Capital of the Gironde region, Bordeaux city is an architectural gem dating from the eighteenth century that has known how to seamlessly integrate 19th-century additions that were essential in modernising the city. Accompanied with a certified English-speaking guide, you will wander around the capital of wines, scent the flavors of the local markets, feel the presence of the Garonne rive and admire the shiny white-stoned 19th century buildings
• Transfer to the train station or airport