Château Fombrauge

Discover Château Fombrauge, Saint-Émilion’s largest Grand Cru Classé. Visitors have the choice of a winery tour & tasting, a wine-making workshop, or a macaron and wine pairing.

Wine tour & tasting

Take part in a journey back in time as you enter the grounds of this medieval château. Learn all about the estate’s winemaking secrets and techniques while visiting the vat house and the cellars. At the end of the tour enjoy a guided tasting of 3 wines, one of which is Château La Tour Carnet red. Check availability and price to book.

Winemaker workshop

Enjoy a tour of the estate and visit the vat house and the cellars with the château’s sommelier. After an introduction to Bordeaux's grape varieties, it's time to become a winemaker. Create a blend that suits your taste, design your own label, and depart with a souvenir bottle of your personal cuvée to enjoy with your friends. At the end of the workshop, a wine from the Château is tasted. Check availability and price to book.

Wine & macaron pairing 

Enjoy a tour of the estate and visit the vat house and the cellars. Learn how to pair 3 wines from the Bernard Magrez range, including Château Fombrauge red wine, and Saint-Emilion macarons (a local delicacy). Check availability and price to book.

About the Château

The name Château Fombrauge derives from "Fons Brogiera", meaning, "source surrounded by heather and bushes". Vineyards have been planted in the valuable soils of this former Carthusian monastery since 1466. The first harvest at Fombrauge was in 1599. 

When acquired by Bernard Magrez in 1999, a complete restoration was undertaken to preserve the estate's period style. The generous single floor mansion slumbers down a deep gravel drive, flanked by stately topiary gardens. A long terrace overlooks 300 year-old tulip trees and a seemingly infinite expanse of vines, which stretch out over 58 hectares.

One of the five cellars, brimming with 900 barrels of resting wine, features bottles from 1871, while another is presided over by a large antique clock. Bernard Magrez’s passion for collecting antique timepieces is revealed in cabinets of silver timepieces in the tasting salon and in the grounds, in the veins of a sundial dating to 1679, ordered by the previous owner of the estate, Jacques de Canolle.

Château Fombrauge also offers luxury accommodation in the prestigious suites, Cadran and Promesse, which are both authentic and timeless. Guests can relax in the billiards room or on the raised stone terrace after visiting the picturesque town of Saint-Émilion. Fine dining can be appreciated in the vast dining room with its unique view of the vineyards.