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Caves Louis de Grenelle, Saumur

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Taste a little sparkle--sparkling wine, that is--in a 15th-century limestone quarry at Caves Louis de Grenelle. The tuffeau limestone mined by prisoners of war provided the material that built many châteaux and houses in the Loire Valley. However, once the houses were built and the prisoners released, it was time to celebrate with a little bubbly; and that’s exactly what Louis de Grenelle and his family did. The caves are now used to age the precious grape essence in perfect atmospheric conditions. See bottles lining the chalky walls, waiting for their time to shine. The winery is still owned and managed by the family of Louis de Grenelle, who follow time-honored methods of fermentation established in 1859 by Louis himself. To visit Caves Louis de Grenelle and other attractions in Saumur, use our Saumur trip builder tool.

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By greconj

Great tour of very interesting caves where sparkling wine is made. Tour was only in French which made it a little difficult to understand some of the nuances but would recommend anyway. After the...

Great tour of very interesting caves where sparkling wine is made. Tour was only in French which made it a little difficult to understand some of the nuances but would recommend anyway. After the... more »
By 963neilr

We were recommended to take the tour of the Cave by the receptionist at our hotel and we were not disappointed. We were led by a young male student studying tourism. His English was excellent and the.... more

We were recommended to take the tour of the Cave by the receptionist at our hotel and we were not disappointed. We were led by a young male student studying tourism. His English was excellent and the.... more »
By philcE986ZO

We did the escape room experience. We took our daughters aged 8 and 9, sadly we speak little French and it was purely in French but many of the puzzles were not language related combined with our...

We did the escape room experience. We took our daughters aged 8 and 9, sadly we speak little French and it was purely in French but many of the puzzles were not language related combined with our... more »

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By Esthela Crocker

Very nice tour and excellent wines!! Too bad that they wouldn’t sell me wine since I wanted to buy +6 bottles (I should buy them over Internet), in any case it is a very good experience and I totally recommend it!!

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By Sidney Holmstul Glastad

Great tour of the beautiful cellars with a nice tasting afterwards. A bit short tasting with few wines, would have liked to taste more wines.

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By James Duff

Helpful friendly very pleasant staff have used many times highly recommend.

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By Robert Johnson

The tour down into the cave where the Sparkling Wine is produced and stored was truly amazing! I had no idea that making sparkling wine was such a long process! We saw thousands of bottles stacked along the walls in various stages of the process to to become sparkling wine.

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By Mark Crampton

This cellar door was a short walk from the town center and had a stylish interior. They only stock bubbly/sparkling, and were kind enough to let us sample most things before we left with a couple of bottles. The staff spoke english with and us and were very knowledgable and helpful.

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