French chateaux (castles)

Bordeaux chateaux

Bordeaux wine region disposes of fifty-seven appellations for about 120 000 hectares of vines, such a big family cannot be found anywhere in the world.
Home of more than 200 chateaux of wine, Bordeaux is the biggest vineyard of controlled appelations in France where a multitude and complete variety are united on the same territory:
red wines, dry wines, medium-sweet or sweet wines, rosés, clairets, Crémant de Bordeaux (which replaced the ancient sparkling wines in 1990) and Fine Bordeaux (a brandy produced from white wines).

Besides wine tasting and direct sale od wine, some of these chateaux(castles) also provide accommodation in the heart of vineyards. This combination offers the very traditional french-type holiday.

Chateau Pape Clement
Chateau Margaux
Chateau Lanessan
Chateau Lascombes
Chateau Latour
Chateau Pichon Longueville
Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
Chateau Canon la Gaffeliere
Chateau Kirwan
Chateau Picque Caillou
Chateau Lafite Rothschild
Chateau Mouton Rothschild
Chateau Pedesclaux
Chateau Mission Haut Brion
Chateau Villemaurine