A wine shop over 17th-century vaulted cellars at the foot of the Clos de Vougeot, with tastings from all over Burgundy.
€100one way from Beaune with a private driver
Private driver from Beaune: 28 min by road (25 km), €100 one way for the whole car.
Or add it to our half-day wine tour, €290.
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La Grande Cave de Vougeot stands on rue du Vieux Château, at the foot of the Château du Clos de Vougeot. Easy to spot under its creeper-covered walls, it is a wine shop with more than 60 Burgundy appellations, from the Côte de Nuits to the south of the region. Below it lie vaulted cellars of the 17th century, which you visit during a guided tasting.
A tasting takes you down into the old stone cellars, where old bottles line the vaults and a barrel room holds Burgundy casks. The Découverte tasting pours two regional wines, two villages and a premier cru. The Prestige tasting covers five wines, including two white and two red premiers crus, to show what makes each climat of the great appellations different.
Nearly four centuries ago, the building housed the wine press of an old estate. The vaulted cellars beneath it date from the 17th century and run on under the village square of Vougeot. Around 1850 Augustin Grangier bought the old seigneurial estate and built an elegant master's house, known since as the Château de Vougeot.
Today the Grande Cave is the last witness of that estate in the village. It sells and pours wines from well-known Burgundy houses, among them Charles Viénot, Morin Père & Fils, Jean-Claude Boisset, Domaine de la Vougeraie, J. Moreau & Fils in Chablis and Louis Bouillot for Crémant de Bourgogne. Its advisers help with purchases and ship orders in France and abroad.
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The shop opens every day, from 10:00 to 19:00 from May to October, and from 10:00 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 18:00 from November to April. It closes on 1 January, 1 May and 25 December. Tastings must be booked: the Découverte costs €22 and the Prestige €28 per person, with lower prices for groups of ten or more. The Château du Clos de Vougeot is a few minutes' walk away.
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La Grande Cave de Vougeot is about 28 min from Beaune by road (25 km). With a private driver, the trip from Beaune starts at €100 for the whole car, up to 4 guests.
Did you know? The vaulted cellars of the Grande Cave, dug in the 17th century, run on beneath the village square of Vougeot.
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