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Vineyarsds closer Mont Ventoux
Type:
Wine Tasting
Price from:
75 EUR /person
Phone:
+33 (0) 610 567 303
Fax:
+33 (0) 970 620 135
Payment Types:
  • No Cash
  • No Credit Card
  • No Cheque
  • No Travellers cheque
  • No Paypal
  • No Wire Transfer
Duration:
1 hour
Location Start:
Your Hotel in Avignon
Location Finish:
Your Hotel in Avignon
Start time:
09.00 am
End time:
05.00 pm
We Speak:
English
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Last updated: 01/14/2010

Wine tour in Provence for discovering the vineyards of Chateauneuf du Pape and Gigondas. Pick up and drop off your at residence in Avignon.

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Itinerary

Day 1

Full day tour: from 9 am to 5 pm.

I ’ve selected 3 winerys.

- The first one is :

Grand cru Muscat of Beaumes de Venise

- Domaine des Bernardins

For your delectation, their wine has matured over the changing seasons. It has its own particular style. Its warmth, sapidity and bouquet are enchanting. It elegantly exudes captivating charm, yielding a sweet and harmonious mouth-feel. Then the wine displays all its roundness wonderfully like a peacock’s tail. Its velvety mellowness slips down unctuously as you swallow, then bestows a warm and sensual caress. Wonderful length. Grand Cru of Gigondas

- Domaine Les Gouberts

They still work with this passion and the love of our ground and our vineyard. They put them in all our wines - without any distinction - from their nice and simple Côtes du Rhône to their wonderful Cuvée Florence. let me visit their domain and discover their wines.

The soil is stony in certain places and sandy-clayey in others.

The privileged aspect and diversity of the land assures explicit wines of character.

The situation of their Gigondas vines, nestled at the feet of the Dentelles de Montmirail, is an especially privileged location.

The traditional bands of vines on the slopes hold grape varieties of mostly Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre.

This setting, snuggling between pine trees, thyme and rosemary under a southwesterly Provencal sun, assures a complex environment guaranteeing great wines.

Free time in the village of Gigondas. If you are interested by a wine/food pair experience, let me take you to "Le caveau des gourmets".

A formula that allows the choice to taste the neighbouring designations wines or appreciate the agreements of original savoury "verrines" according the market. Lunch is not included in the price

After, let me take you to Châteauneuf-du-Pape, a medieval village on the side of a hill, guarded by the ruins of an ancient chateau towering above.

A literal translation of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, "the Pope’s new house", is actually true.

From the chateau hill you have an outstanding view in all directions, mostly of vineyards, of course.

Off to the east and south,the Rhône winds across the fields, and the afternoon sun turns it silver.

Stony Ground, the earth is amazingly rocky, but that’s one of the secrets of the outstanding Châteauneuf-du-Pape wine, the thirteen grapes wine.

The stones act as a storage heater, soaking up the Provencal sunshine during the day, and releasing the heat into the night, long after sunset.

- The third winery is

Grand cru of Châteauneuf du Pape

Château Mont Redon

By the judicious blending of the thirteen grape varieties that are grown at Château Mont-Redon we endeavour to produce wines that combine complexity with ripe fruit and soft tannins.

In their Châteauneuf Rouge, this is demonstrated by the way that the wine develops over 10 to 12 years.

Red Châteauneuf du Pape, its colour is usually dark purple in the first years, slowly evolving towards a deep, intense ruby.

Over time, the opulent fruit aromas are enhanced with spicy and smoky notes which, in turn,evolve into a rounded and delicate bouquet.

Their Châteauneuf Blanc is very attractive in its early years but it also has a great ageing potential.

If you are looking for an aromatic, fruity and elegant wine, drink it within 2 years of the vintage.

If your preference is for a more mature white wine, then wait 5 years or more until their wine develops secondary aromas, reminiscent of honey and acacia.

Extra Information

Inclusions -
Wine tasting in 3 wine cellars
Exclusions -
Lunch
Extras -
Provence tours in its most intimate and secret area by taking remote and not well known routes aboard a comfortable and air-conditionned minibus holding up 8 people


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