Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune Wine Tasting Tour From Dijon

Discover Burgundy and the vineyards and the countryside on the Grands Cru Wine Road with this full-day wine tour.

Your tour guide will be a Burgundy wine expert, winemaker, sommelier, passionate collector and an experienced guide in the Burgundy area. You will learn about the wine and the vineyards, from the vine pruning to the oak barrel maturing, the importance of the soil (terroir) and all the secrets of winemaking.

Initiate yourself to tasting techniques and food and wine pairing. The programme also includes exceptional wines and a stroll around Beaune.

Stop for croissants and a breathtaking view over the Corton hillside in the Côte de Beaune, a unique site in Burgundy for red and white Grand Cru wines.

Enjoy a prestige tasting of 5 to 7 white wines and Pinot Noirs, including extraordinary Premier and Grand Cru wines.

A second tasting will take place in a Pinot Noir amateur’s paradise. Visit the cellars of the family-run estate, housing oak barrels and old vintages.

You will have Llunch and free time in the historical town of Beaune, Burgundy’s wine capital. Your guide will happily suggest some of the best places for lunch (not included) where you can enjoy local dishes and cheeses.

Suggested free-time options (entrance fees not included)

• The Hospices de Beaune, an artistic Burgundian masterpiece
• Extensive tasting in a wine cellar (7 to 10 wines)
• Tasting at the mustard-makers la Moutarderie Fallot (closed on Sundays)
• The old town and its traditional shops (blackcurrant liquor, mustard, honey spice cake, Flavigny aniseed)
• Burgundy’s "Champs Elysées" with its legendary vineyard plots: Romanée Conti, Chambertin, Clos de Vougeot, Corton Charlemagne. Short stroll amongst the vines of the Côte de Nuits.