Angoulême Trip Overview
In this full day private tour, explore the Cognac country with an English-speaking cognac expert / local guide driving you to a famous Cognac house (Rémy Martin, Martell or Courvoisier).
Naturally, you will have the opportunity to have a cognac tasting at the end of the visit.
After lunch (not included), you will go to a cooperage and finally to a craft distillery which is supplying major brands and producing its own cognacs.
Enjoy your tastings and meetings with craft people living in this charming terroir and do not worry about driving, your expert guide will take you to all the places in a comfortable private vehicle.
Additional Info
Duration: 9 hours
Starts: Angoulême, France
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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What to Expect When Visiting Angoulême, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
In this full day private tour, explore the Cognac country with an English-speaking cognac expert / local guide driving you to a famous Cognac house (Rémy Martin, Martell or Courvoisier).
Naturally, you will have the opportunity to have a cognac tasting at the end of the visit.
After lunch (not included), you will go to a cooperage and finally to a craft distillery which is supplying major brands and producing its own cognacs.
Enjoy your tastings and meetings with craft people living in this charming terroir and do not worry about driving, your expert guide will take you to all the places in a comfortable private vehicle.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Jarnac, Jarnac, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
In the town of Jarnac, you will visit a world famous cognac house where you will be presented its history, the elaboration of its products. The visit will end by a tasting of some of its products.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Segonzac, Segonzac, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Segonzac is located in the heart of the vineyard of cognac.
From there, we’ll tour the vineyard.
We’ll stop at a craft distillery, meeting the distiller, visiting the estate from the vine to the glass. The visit will end by a tasting of some of its products.
Nearby, you will enter a cooperage (barrel factory) where oak barrels are produced. This visit helps to understand the chemistry between wood and alcohol during the ageing process of cognac.
The cooperage is open only on week days.If it is not open, you will another family estate with a very different history and it own philosophy of making cognacs.
Duration: 2 hours