Small-Group Wine Tasting Tour of Chinon from Amboise
Amboise, France
Trip Type: Wine Tasting & Winery Tours
Duration: 6 hours
Explore the Chinon wine route and its vineyards, full of tradition and passion. Visit two superb estates, admire the wonderful vineyard landscapes and learn how to taste these elegant wines produced from the most well-known terroir of the Loire Valley area. Don't forget to visit the medieval city of Chinon and its perfectly-preserved fortress.
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Explore the Chinon wine route and its vineyards, full of tradition and passion. Visit two superb estates, admire the wonderful vineyard landscapes and learn how to taste these elegant wines produced from the most well-known terroir of the Loire Valley area. Don't forget to visit the medieval city of Chinon and its perfectly-preserved fortress.Start at the Tourist Office in Amboise and get into a minivan to start your journey to Chinon. Discover this beautiful wine area full of passion-driven winegrowers. Meet a genuine French winemaker in a charming family-run estate. Visit the traditional vat room and the cellars where hundreds of wooden barrels are lined up. During this visit you will improve your knowledge regarding wine-making and of course wine-tasting. The terroir of this wine area allows the production of elegant and fruity red and white wines.
It is now time for a wine-tasting workshop. Get to know and understand better the diversity of Loire wines thanks to our sommelier and become a wine-expert in 45 minutes. Through this workshop you will learn the different steps of wine-tasting and train your nose to identify many wine aromas. Benefit from your guide's tips and tricks and taste like a pro! This workshop ends with a thorough tasting of different Loire appellations: Chinon, Vouvray, Bourgeuil, Montlouis, Saumur.
Next enjoy a nice walk in Chinon and discover this City of Art and History, an official title delivered by the French ministry of Culture. With your local expert visit the charming heart of the city with its historical half-timbered houses and private mansions. Under Chinon castle explore one of the underground caves that were dug from the 10th to the 12th century in order to extract the famous stone used to build all the monuments of the region. Needless to say that these long galleries are ideal to store wine.
Before saying goodbye, share an aperitif made up of local products like cheese, rillettes and fresh bread, the perfect match to Chinon wines! You will be back in Amboise around 7.30pm.
It is now time for a wine-tasting workshop. Get to know and understand better the diversity of Loire wines thanks to our sommelier and become a wine-expert in 45 minutes. Through this workshop you will learn the different steps of wine-tasting and train your nose to identify many wine aromas. Benefit from your guide's tips and tricks and taste like a pro! This workshop ends with a thorough tasting of different Loire appellations: Chinon, Vouvray, Bourgeuil, Montlouis, Saumur.
Next enjoy a nice walk in Chinon and discover this City of Art and History, an official title delivered by the French ministry of Culture. With your local expert visit the charming heart of the city with its historical half-timbered houses and private mansions. Under Chinon castle explore one of the underground caves that were dug from the 10th to the 12th century in order to extract the famous stone used to build all the monuments of the region. Needless to say that these long galleries are ideal to store wine.
Before saying goodbye, share an aperitif made up of local products like cheese, rillettes and fresh bread, the perfect match to Chinon wines! You will be back in Amboise around 7.30pm.
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