Bordeaux wines tasting workshop
Through this workshop, learn more about the vineyards of Bordeaux and wine tasting techniques. How to look at wine, smell it and taste it, while discovering the characteristics of the different AOCs (appellations d'origine contrôlée): Margaux, Saint-Emilion, Côtes de Bourg,...
- Unique experience
- Learning of tasting methods
- Local wines
A mysterious corridor that leads to a huge room above which hundreds of glasses are hung... Welcome to Max Bordeaux and its magical concept that brings the Grands Crus Classés within everyone's reach!
The establishment created by Henning Thoresen, a Norwegian wine merchant who has always wanted to make the most prestigious Bordeaux wines accessible "by the glass", opened its doors to the public in October 2009. "In the same way that you wouldn't buy a car without trying it out," explains Laetitia Jiménez, the manager, "before buying a Grand Cru, you have to test it".
A unique experience, coupled with an educational approach: through these tasting workshops, discover Bordeaux vineyard and the characteristics of its wines. For this workshop, we select representative wines from the different appellations of Bordeaux, so that you can compare them.
red wines: AOC Margaux, Pauillac, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru and Graves.
- Introduction to Bordeaux vineyard : appellations and classifications.
- Observation of its colour and analysis of the information it gives us
- Training on the nose of the wine
- Description of the aromas of wines and their characteristics
- Analysis of its texture, aromatic persistence, structure to learn to identify wines
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Duration
What's included
4 glasses of 2.5cl
