The Address Sept-Oct 2013

“Quintessentially Travel’s guests are able to enjoy
the unique experience of making their own wine.”
← CHÂTEAU SPLENDOUR - A helpful guiding hand in Bordeaux
is always welcomed, even for the most expert wine
connoisseur, and professional guidance is a hallmark of Quintessentially
Travel who open doors to the region’s finest
châteaux, restaurants and luxurious accommodation in their
week-long private tour of Bordeaux’s finest. Guests fly into
Bordeaux Airport to be greeted by their English-speaking
guide, private limousine and dedicated chauffeur. Only the region’s
best accommodation is incorporated into the luxurious
itinerary with Relais de Margaux in Medoc offering a private
retreat with an adjoining 18-hole championship golf course.
Four of Bordeaux’s critically-acclaimed First Growth chateaux
(the best of the best) are visited on this luxe itinerary.
Privileged guests are able to sample the finest from Château
Margaux, Château Latour, Château Lafite Rothschild and
Château Mouton Rothschild. Guests can appreciate the abilities
of the various winemakers to blend the region’s red varieties
of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit
Verdot and Malbec to create their masterpieces.
Approaches to making wine vary and this will be no more
evident when Quintessentially Travel’s guests are able to enjoy
the unique experience of making their own wine. This is
the opportunity to put your taste buds under the microscope
while blending your own wine at the famous Château Franc-
Mayne in Saint-Émilion on the Right Bank of the Gironde
River. Learn all about winemaking, blend your own wine and
then enjoy a personal invitation to dine at a private lunch in
the exclusive surroundings of the historic château.
66 TA | SEPT/OCT 2013