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Château Filhot - SAUTERNES - Sud-Gironde

Grande boucle au coeur du vignoble de Sauternes to Sauternes

14.8 km(s) 4h Difficulty : Average

Etape 1

Armed with the description of the walk, which you can find in the tourist offices of Bazas, Cadillac, Langon or Saint-Macaire, you can start the walk!

Etape 2

From the Place de la Mairie, go down the "Rue Principale", towards the church and the wash-house. Go past the church and, after the wash-house, take the first track on your right (chemin rural du bourg à Vimeney). At the first crossroads, turn left onto "Vimeney" as far as the crossroads with "Cap Lanne". Turn right then right again onto Pajot Ouest then Barette. The first château you see is not the least famous, Château Guiraud, after a 2km100 walk. Continue straight on towards "Le Parent" then cross the D125 and turn slightly left towards "Route de Filhot".

Etape 3

Take the second turning on your right to discover Château Filhot and its English-style park. Continue straight on, then turn left towards "Pineau Ouest". Turn right towards "Commarque" and continue in this direction until you reach the intersection with "Bonhomme".

Etape 4

Turn right and then right again at the junction with the D125. Drive alongside a lake then turn right towards "Michelle". Go straight on for 1 kilometre until you reach the banks of the Ciron at Bommes, then continue in this direction passing through "Pont Daulan", "Peyremagne", "le Tachon" and "Chipaou". You will see Château Lamourette, then turn right onto "La Gauche" and pass Domaine de la Gauche.

Etape 5

Turn right again towards "La Touye" and then left at "l'Aubépin" towards the châteaux of Rayne Vigneau and La Tour Blanche. Turn right towards "La Tour Blanche", drive alongside the property and continue towards "Thinoy". At the next junction, cross over and take the road opposite, slightly to your right. Reach "Pont Daulan" and the banks of the Ciron. Turn left and retrace your steps until you come to the junction with the D125, where you turn left and complete the tour with two châteaux classified as Second Growth Sauternes in 1855. Château Lamothe Despujols will be on your right and Château Lamothe-Guignard will round off your lovely walk.

Continue along the D125 until you reach the centre of the village of Sauternes, your starting point.

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The golden wine flows through the Sauternes region, world-famous for its famous sweet white wines. The Sauternes region is crossed by the Ciron river. This modest tributary from the Landes region is ideal for astonishing canoe trips or delightful romantic strolls, but it also plays an essential role in the development of botrytis cinerea, which in autumn forms the basis of the great sweet wines described by Mauriac as “an exaggeration of the exquisite”.

The Sauternes region is a gentle discovery, rich in a thousand details, with its ubiquitous stone walls revealing the abundance of limestone just beneath the surface of the earth.

The guide map is available from the Tourist Office.

Pets allowed