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Burgundy Wines Tours of Major
The tiny vineyards in each of Wineries
Burgundy’s wine-producing regions, Winemakers are usually
from Chablis in the north to happy to welcome tourists
Beaujolais in the south, can produce in summer, but try not to
wines that, at their best, are visit at harvest time (Sep–Oct),
unequalled anywhere else. This is and be sure to make an
unmissable territory for the “serious” appointment in advance.
wine-lover, with its time-honored Bordeaux
traditions and dazzling grands crus. Château Figeac
Domaine Domaine Grape varieties used include Pinot Saint Emilion. Tel 05-57 24 72 26.
Calais François Michel Noir, Gamay, and César (red); Pinot
• ∑ chateau-figeac.com
A26 LILLE Raveneau Lafarge Blanc and Chardonnay (white).
• Château Haut-Brion
Boulogne • Pessac. Tel 05-56 00 29 30.
A2
∑ haut-brion.com
A28
• Château Margaux
Dieppe
• • Margaux. Tel 05-57 88 83 83.
Cherbourg Le Havre • Amiens
A13 • ∑ chateau-margaux.com
• Caen ROUEN • Reims A4 •
A1 • Epernay Metz Château Lafite Rothschild
N12 A84 N158 A28 PARIS N77 NANCY • Pauillac. Tel 05-56 73 18 18.
• Brest Seine STRASBOURG • ∑ lafite.com
RENNES A11
Le Mans • A6 Burgundy
•
Orléans • Loire • Chablis A31 Mulhouse • Domaine Brocard
N165
Tours A10 Dijon A36 Champagne is a region that is Préhy, near Chablis. Tel 03-86 41
• A85 synonymous with the finest 49 00. ∑ brocard.fr
Loire Angers • •
• sparkling wines. The skill of
NANTES Bourges • • Beaune the blenders, using reserves Hameau Duboeuf
Meursault • Romanèche-Thorins.
N149
Lyon of older wines, creates
A71
N137
Mâcon consistency and excellence Tel 03-85 35 22 22.
La Rochelle A40 ∑ hameauduvin.com
A20
• A6 • year on year. Champagne
Limoges LYON bubbles are produced by Maison Louis Latour
• A89 • Clermont- • fermenting yeast inside the
Charent e
• Angoulême Ferrand A48 A43 bottle – traditional methods are Beaune. Tel 03-80 24 81 00.
Dordogne
∑ louislatour.com
Gironde
Pauillac • A10 • still used all over the region.
• Margaux St. Etienne • GRENOBLE In a process called remuage,
• St. Emilion bottles are gradually rotated in Champagne
BORDEAUX • Moët & Chandon
• order to loosen the sediment, Epernay. Tel 03-26 51 20 00.
Pessac A62 Lot Rhône N85 which is ultimately ∑ moet.com
N10 Garonne Nîmes removed from the wine. Piper Heidsieck
TOULOUSE A9 • • Reims. Tel 03-26 84 43 00.
• A8 NICE
Bayonne • A64 • Montpellier ∑ piper-heidsieck.com
• Tarbes A61 •
MARSEILLE Tattinger
Perpignan Reims. Tel 03-26 85 84 33.
∑ tattinger.com
•
Key
Alsace and Lorraine
Bordeaux
Burgundy Chardonnay vines
Champagne in the grand cru
vineyard of Corton-
Jura and Savoie Charlemagne produce
Languedoc-Roussillon some of the greatest
white Burgundies of all.
The Loire Valley The Chardonnay grape
Provence is now cultivated not
only in Burgundy and
The Rhône Valley Champagne, but all
Southwest France over the world.
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