wine-tasting cellar, merchants, Wine-growers
Le Caveau de Meursault, Moillard
MEURSAULT 
The depths of Burgundy
Visit wine cellars for a behind-the-scenes look at wine
Vaulted wine cellars that are several centuries old, huge wine cellars you could get lost in, or more intimate versions. You'll be spoilt for choice for an experience "into the depths" of Burgundy wines!
The wine cellars here are unmissable, and a tour will take you on a behind-the-scenes look into the world of wine, and an opportunity to ask winegrowers any questions you may have.
Time for a tour!
On the programme: presentation of the winery and production area, to learn all about:
- the grape harvest
- bottling
- the winemaking process
- fermentation
- maturing and storage in barrels (the difference between stainless steel barrels and oak barrels)
- the differences in production for white, red and sparkling wines
- maturing and storage
After this tour of the wine cellar, some estates offer a tour of the vineyard, to understand the landscape, and maybe some other wine-themed activities depending on the time of year: grape harvest, sorting, bottling, etc.
Time to taste the wines
Choose a type of tasting:
o Simple (1 or 2 wines)
o Themed (only Grand Cru wines, wines from the "Climats" of Burgundy's vineyard, organic wines, combined with local specialities such as a traditional "mâchon", wine-food pairing, etc.)
o Horizontal: several wines from the same appellation and the same vintage, to learn about the characteristics of a certain "terroir", the grape varieties and the vineyards.
o Vertical: the same wine, from the same appellation, the same estate and the same grape varieties, but different vintages, to learn how to distinguish a young wine from a more matured one, and to make the difference between an average quality vintage, a good vintage, and an exceptional one.
Attend a wine tasting courseRecommendations of unmissable places
There are places with very different atmospheres where you can unveil all the secrets of Burgundy wines:
- Châteaus such as Pommard, Long-Depaquit, Meursault, Chasselas, Béru, Tracy
- Family-run estates or smaller ones: Domaine Leflaive in Puligny with a bioclimatic cellar, Domaine Armelle et Bernard Rion in Vosne-Romanée, Domaine Bertillon in Nantoux
- Underground cellars such as Crémants Bailly Lapierre, 50-metres underground in a former stone quarry, in Grand Auxerrois
- Cooperatives: La Chablisienne, Maison Millebuis
- Educational trails and centres: The Tour du Pouilly-Fumé and Cave aux Arômes, Bouchard Ainé & Fils and 5 senses trail, Domaine Brigand and the Oenocentre Ampélopsis, Domaine Bouhélier and the small Winegrower's Museum with ancient tools and archives to learn more about the winemaking trade of bygone days.
Château de Meursault
Domaine Bertillon in Nantoux
Bailly-Lapierre underground wine cellar
La Chablisienne wine-tasting cellar
The Cave aux Arômes at the Tour du Pouilly-Fumé
