Cognac-Armagnac
Departure from Bordeaux
TEC1 – COGNAC: Full day tour
The cognac country is a land where the mains arts are growing vines and making the best cognacs "The God’s liqueur” and Pineau des Charentes, drink made from fresh grape juice and cognac that matures in oak barrels into a nectar Cognac, the medieval town that bears the name of the region, narrow medieval cobbled streets, elegant Renaissance facades and the castle where Francois 1st the king was born. It is here that the fabled nectar has been created since the 17" century. World famous firms or “maisons” as they are called are there such as Camus, Hennessy, Otard, Rémy-Martin… each distillery has its own secret and unique process for mixing the various blends of its eaux-de-vie.
Program: 8h30
- Pick up at your hotel in Bordeaux and departure to Cognac
- Join a guided tour to learn about the double-distilling process that goes on in copper stills before the ageing in oak barrels where the precious liquor will improve, taking on its final bouquet and famous golden glow.
- Discover the vineyards of the Grande Champagne a peaceful countryside in the south of Cognac, a twenty-mile area called the 'golden circle" of cognac production.
- In the heart of the Grande Champagne meet a wine grower who maintains traditions from generation to generation, visit his own distillery and taste his production
- Return to Bordeaux
$400 per person (2 persons minimum)
TEC2 – SAINTES & COGNAC: Full Day Tour
Saintes was the first capital of the roman Aquitania Two thousand years later it retains some outstanding roman remains. Discover the cultural heritage of those times, the landscape and Cognac making in a small estate.
Program: 8h30
-Pick up at your hotel in Bordeaux
- Departure to Saintes, a town built in the 1st century AD on the banks of the Charente River. You will admire Germanicus Arch, the roman amphitheatre and St Eutorpe, a Romanesque church.
- Continuation towards the town of Cognac on the banks of Charente River
- Free time
- In the afternoon, the Grande Champagne, see sighting tour, visit a traditional grower estate and taste his production
- Return to Bordeaux
$400 per person (2 persons minimum)
TEC3 – ARMAGNAC: Full day tour
Armagnac region lies between Bordeaux and Toulouse. This compact area is roughly 80 km long by 80 km wide with numerous scattered villages. This wine region is one of the most unspoilt and beautiful regions of France, famed for the way of living well and the Armagnac, the oldest produced “eau de vie». Discover the countryside with its rolling hills topped with the `Bastide' towns and villages, through vineyards.
Program: 8h30
-Pick up and departure at your hotel or leisure place in Bordeaux
-Stop in Condom the capital of the Tenareze region (whose name is often a source of amusement to English speakers) l.
-Free time for lunch
-Visit and tasting a producer estate
-Stop and walking discover of Larressingle a medieval fortified village called “the little Carcassone of the Gers”
-Return to Bordeaux
$415 per person (2 persons minimum)
Not included: Entrance fees for wine tasting, monuments drinks, lunches, personal expenses or any activity in the itinerary.
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