Burgundy:
Chablis
Wine Tours in Chablis
The Chablis region is the northernmost wine district of the Burgundy region in France. The grapevines around the town of Chablis are almost all Chardonnay, making a dry white wine renowned for the purity of its aroma and taste.
The northern location along the 48th parallel north places Chablis at the northern extremes of viable viticulture. The cool climate of this region produces wines with more acidity and flavors less fruity than Chardonnay wines grown in warmer climates.
The wines often have a "flinty" note, sometimes described tasting of gunflint, and sometimes as "steely". In comparison to the white wines from the rest of Burgundy, Chablis has on average much less influence of oak.
Most basic Chablis is completely unoaked, and vinified in stainless steel tanks. The amount of barrel maturation, if any, is a stylistic choice which varies widely among Chablis producers.
Many Grand Cru and Premier Cru wines receive some maturation in oak barrels, but typically the time in barrel and the proportion of new barrels is much smaller than for white wines of Cote de Beaune
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Private Tours departing Paris
Visit Chablis with our Sommelier Guide and come back really understanding the best Chardonnay. Your guide will reserve exclusive visits to the best producers in the area. You will taste the 4 appelations of Chablis: - Petit Chablis, Chablis, Chablis Premiere Cru, Chablis Grance Cru.
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100% Chardonnay Tour
Pick Up : 7:00am/7:30am
Duration : 12hours
Transfer Time : 2:00hrs - 3hrs
2 of the famous names of Chablis are Chateau Grenouille and Mouttonne.
They are 100% Chardonnay and almost have the samer terroir as the Blancs de Blancs (White Coast) of Champagne with chalky soil filled with oyster shells at certain levels. In fact in some of the cellars you can see these shells.
Itinerary
9:30am Arrive Village of Chablis (20 minutes from Auxerre) - Explantion of Terroir at the Orientation Table with a Panoramic View in the Grand Cru Vineyards facing South toward the Serein River.
10:30am 1st Tasting or 3 to 4 wines at a small exclusive producer where a sharp taste is the key to a good Chablis so the wines are fermented in steel vats.
If time your sommelier will take you to a wine seller in the the Village of Chablis for a comparison tasting
12:30 Lunch at Bistro des Grand Cru or Hostellier de Clos
14:00 Depart Chablis for your afternoon tasting session.
14:30 - 15:30
Option 1. More Chardonnay
You take a picturesque driver to Prehy for a tasting on one of the larger Negociants.
Hear you will taste 3 or 4 more woody and round wines fermineted in Oak barrels as a contrast to the morning tasting.
Option 2. Pinot Noir
Tasting of Red Wine in Irancy for those who are interested in tasting really good wine and not so concerned about the place.
15:30 Depart Burgundy
19:30 Arrive Paris
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Scheduled Tours from Paris
Summer Only
Visit Chablis and taste the white wine of Michel Laroche. Lunch at Bistrot des Grands Crus. Visitthe Basilica at Vezelay and free time to taste the red wine of Burgundy.
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145€pp
Departure 7.45 AM, Monday and Thursday, From April 28 to October 20
Duration 12hrs
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Included:
* Transportation in luxury air conditioned coach.
* Visits and taste of 3 different wines at Chablis.
* Lunch inChablis (except drinks) - menu with local specialties.
* Services of a multilingual licensed guide.
* Guided visit of Vézelay basilica.
The Burgundy region offers a natural, rich in both history and especially in art. Since ancient times, its geographical position brought great prosperity which as its famous wines magnified during the Middle Ages. This region is famous for its abbeys and wine. We are going to discover two aspects.
After leaving the Southern highway, we reach the Serein valley at Chablis, surrounded by vineyards: visit to the Michel Laroche cellar and taste the white wine, one of the world's best.
Lunch in Chablis (drinks not included).
Continue to Vezelay, a village classified by UNESCO as one of its cultural heritage sites! Guided visit of the basilica dedicated to Saint Marie-Madeleine, centre of Romanesque architecture and sculpture, which keeps some relics of the Saint.
Free time to stroll browse around the village and opportunity of tasting some red wines of Burgundy before returning to Paris. Entrance tickets included.
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Tours departing Chablis
On this day tour you will fine out why Chablis is celebrated around the world, what makes a good and a bad Chablis and you will discover the 4 different types of Chablis: Grand Cru, Chablis Premier Cru. Chablis and Petit Chablis.
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Take the train from Paris. 90 minutes later you arrived and will be met by your guide. The morning will be dedicated to the discovery of Chablis vineyards and cellars where you eill learn about the famous wine production followed by a tasting.
After lunch you will driver through lovely landscape of Irancy and Auxerrois Vineyards with a tasting at Caves Bailly-Lapierre which produces the sparkling wine called Cremant de Bourgogne.
You will also learn such things like why the vines have European and American Origins, how the wine growers use oranic growing methods and how you fight spring frost.
