Pass byPlace de la Comedie

The starting point of your oenological journey will make you discover very colorful, powerful and harmonious wines and the terroirs on which they are produced. These wines will defy time in your cellar. The Médoc, which stretches over 80 km, is a peninsula that takes shape north of the Bordeaux agglomeration and ends at the Pointe des Graves. The wine route, which crosses it, is long and winding and offers you time to discover a mosaic of plots, dotted with castles of very different styles, sometimes flamboyant, sometimes romantic, sometimes austere. You will be amazed by this legendary route.

Stop atChateau Dauzac

Dauzac is the first Château which borders the legendary Route des Châteaux. Fifth Classified Growth in Margaux appellation. It was his steward who invented the "Bordeaux porridge", made from copper sulphate and water. Still used today, this treatment is one of the few authorized in organic farming. You will be offered a tasting of the property's wines at the end of the visit. (Example of visit)

1 hours and 15 minutes (approx.)・Admission not included

Stop atChateau Leoville Poyferre

Second Grand Cru Classé of Saint-Julien. Until the 19th century, the Léoville estate was one of the largest and oldest crus in the Médoc. The vineyard stretched from Château Beychevelle to Château Latour. Divided into three parts, the Châteaux Léoville Las Cases, Léoville Barton and Léoville Poyferré remain today. The guide of the castle will share with you the secrets of the work of the vine, the different techniques used for winemaking and the methods of aging in oak barrels. At the end of the visit, you will taste the wines of the estate. (Example of visit)

1 hours and 15 minutes (approx.)・Admission not included

Stop atRestaurant Le Saint Julien

A Maître Restaurateur who welcomes his clients as friends, and who offers one of the best restaurants in the region. Not to stop there would be a mistake.

2 hours (approx.)・Admission not included

Stop atChateau Lafon-Rochet

Fourth Grand Cru Classé of Saint-Estèphe, its canary yellow chartreuse is known worldwide. Its history which goes back to the XVII th century was animated, is written today in an alliance of modernity, for the technical installations and ancestral traditions of the production methods inherited from the illustrious predecessors at the head of the domain. (Example of visit)

1 hours and 15 minutes (approx.)・Admission not included