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Discover our new wine tourism offers

Enter through the Château Roquefort gate and be welcomed by a tree-lined lane nestled amid the vines. In the distance are hills as far as the eye can see, and lavish nature abounds, exuding a scent of soil and grapes.

Meet our team, learn about our wines, then taste and savour them: our team has concocted a diverse line-up of offers for everyone who enjoys nature, terroir and heritage. The different options are available in French or English by reservation, so you can partake in the art of living of our lovely Entre-deux-Mers region.

In 2019, Château Roquefort received a Best of Wine Tourism Architecture et Paysage award and is certified with the Vignobles et Découvertes and Vignoble et Chais en Bordelais labels.

Visite et dégustation au Château

label Vignoble et Chais en Bordelais

Discovery Offer

Visit our estate at your own pace thanks to our new interactive tour! You’ll be provided with a tablet, allowing you to make an incredible journey back in time. From the Neolithic period to the 21^st century, through the Middle Ages and the Bordeaux Golden Age, each period will reveal its secrets and amusing anecdotes. Then our team will explain how the vineyard is managed and the art of creating our blends, before giving you a chance to taste our different cuvées like a truly enlightened wine lover.

Estate tour + 3 wine tastings.
Approx. 1 hour, €6/person.
10 people max.

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Sensory Offer

Lunch served in L’Orangerie
+ guided tour of the estate
+ 3 wine tastings.
Price as from €30/person.
From 6 -10 people.

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Free-to-Roam Offer

Picnic on the Château terrace overlooking the valley or at the foot of our 18^th century dovecote. If you feel like lingering, pick up a game of Mölkky available at the reception desk and play away, or set out to explore our 100 hectares of woods and meadows.

Picnic + guided tour of the estate
+ 3 wine tastings.
€30/adult. Offer can be adapted for children.
Please contact us. 2-person minimum.
Reservation required from May to September.
Set Menu.
Includes one bottle for 6 people.

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Nature Offer

2020 Exclusive!

Adrien Brun, a passionate ecologist and tour guide, will introduce you to the estate’s fauna and flora. Registered in a certified Natura 2000 area, you’ll stroll through woods, fields, pastures and vineyards to observe life in our different ecosystems. The tour ends with a tasting of two of our cuvées. Walking shoes recommended. Bring a waterproof jacket in case of rain, and binoculars if possible.

Guided naturalist tour
+ 2 wine tastings.
€40/person. 2-hr 30 min-tour.
From 2 to 10 people.
Reservation required.

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Cooking-with-Chef Offer

Create a meal using seasonal produce, in the Château’s Orangerie kitchen, instructed by our chef. Following the cooking class, the guests will share the dishes they’ve created, served in L’Orangerie with food-wine pairings.

Cooking class instructed by our chef with food-wine pairings
+ lunch.
Price from €95/person. Up to 4 people.
Several options to choose from.
Reservation required.

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Prestige Offer

Caviar and white wine: what is the best balance for this prestigious pairing? A pioneer in sturgeon farming in France, the company Sturia was founded 30 years ago near Bordeaux, in the heart of the historical birthplace of caviar in France. First, we’ll tickle your taste buds with our Château Roquefort white wine while we introduce you to the château, its wines and its outstanding historical heritage. Then you’ll get the chance to compare two caviars – a Baerii and an Osciètre – accompanied by two of our best white wine cuvées: Rives & Roquefortissime.

3 white wine tastings and 2 Sturia caviars.
€35/person.
2 to 10 people.
Reservation required.

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Roquefort, a prehistoric site

The Roquefort site is well-known among archaeologists with a passion for prehistoric times, and has in fact been inhabited since the 5th millennium BC. The first communities here lived off agriculture and animal husbandry and have left many traces behind: pottery and items from daily life which are now exhibited at the Museum of Aquitaine in Bordeaux, and first and foremost the remarkably well-preserved ‘covered walkway’ mass burial site. Like all dolmens, the side walls are demarcated by orthostates (22 blocks). 14 metres long, the alley was once covered with various horizontal beams, three of which are still in place. The first excavations of the prehistoric Roquefort site began in 1865 when artist and archaeologist Léo Drouyn discovered the Roquefort estate and featured it in some magnificent drawings.

The Roquefort dovecote

According to the inscription above the lintel door, the Roquefort dovecote dates from 1715. During that period, only lords were permitted to keep pigeons, whose droppings were found to be an excellent fertilizer for crops. The area inside the dovecote was divided up into nesting boxes known as pigeon holes, each able to host a pigeon pair. The Roquefort dovecote once contained more than 336 wicker pigeon holes, 32 of which have been restored by the Compagnons du Devoir. Depending on the size of their crop land, each estate owner was entitled to own a dovecote and a particular number of pigeon holes. These dovecotes had to obey strict rules (both to deter predators and to prevent the pigeons from raiding the fields during sowing time) including an airtight door, a shutter to keep the pigeons in, a projecting flight platform and more. The Roquefort dovecote will reveal to you its secrets!

Léo Drouyn, the artist and archaeologist who immortalised the heritage of Château Roquefort

Léo Drouyn, the Gironde artist and archaeologist who was born in Izon on July 12^th 1816 and died in Bordeaux on August 4th 1896, produced more than 1500 etchings and thousands of drawings during his life. Passionate about the art and architecture of the Middle Ages, he gave us a unique portrayal of the Roquefort estate’s appearance in the 19th century and of numerous Aquitaine landscapes before the development of photography. In 1860 he said: ‘We must hurry, as ruins accumulate and time destroys, whilst people consciously help time…’ He stayed at Roquefort and drew the estate from every angle including the chateau alley, the woods, the fortified house, the Neolithic covered walkway to name but a few. This hoard of heritage is now celebrated every summer by Editions de l’Entre-Deux-Mers and the Targon Tourist Office.

Come visit us

Discovery Offer

Sensory Offer

Free-to-Roam Offer

Nature Offer

Cooking-with-Chef Offer

Prestige Offer

Roquefort, a prehistoric site

The Roquefort dovecote

Léo Drouyn, the artist and archaeologist who immortalised the heritage of Château Roquefort

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