Noilly Prat Cellar Tour and Tasting ★ 4.6
Maison Noilly Prat cellar tour at Marseillan, walking the indoor Canadian oak casks and the outdoor enstreau cask field by the Etang de Thau, ending in a four-vermouth tasting flight.
Guided walk through Faugeres, the only Languedoc appellation entirely on schist, with two estate tastings of Syrah, Grenache and Mourvedre blends from old-vine schist parcels.
Address: Departure: Mairie de Faugeres, Place de la Mairie, 34600 Faugeres, France, Languedoc
Maison Noilly Prat cellar tour at Marseillan, walking the indoor Canadian oak casks and the outdoor enstreau cask field by the Etang de Thau, ending in a four-vermouth tasting flight.
Abbey cellar visit at Saint-Hilaire where Benedictine monks created methode traditionnelle in 1531, ending in a Maison Guinot tasting of Blanquette and Cremant de Limoux.
Walking tour of Gerard Bertrand's biodynamic La Clape vineyard outside Narbonne, ending in a tasting of the Hospitalet Grand Vin range and biodynamic neighbours from his 16 domains.
Library vintage tasting in the Daumas Gassac vinotheque deep in the cellars, walking the grape-variety museum vineyard and tasting back vintages of the Aniane IGP Saint-Guilhem cuvee.
Sieur d'Arques cooperative cellar tour in Limoux walking from grape reception to riddling and disgorgement of Blanquette and Cremant, ending in a methode traditionnelle tasting flight.
Guided hike from the Maison du Tourisme du Grand Pic Saint-Loup to the limestone summit followed by a boutique-estate tasting of Pic Saint-Loup AOP Syrah and Mourvedre cuvees.