The Graves vineyard is laying along the left bank of the Garonne river, starting from Bordeaux suburbs and going south-east down to Langon.
This area produces red wines, dry white wines and sweet white wines. 

The closest appellation to Bordeaux is Pessac-Léognan, which broke away from the Graves appellation in 1987. Because Bordeaux is so close, Some estates are right in the city area. It is only after Léognan that it looks like a countryside region, covered with vine plots and forests on smooth slopes. All the estates classified in 1959 for the Graves are today part of Pessac-Léognan appellation, which is as a consequence the most famous part of the Graves region.

Going south-east, we reach the Graves appellation itself, a flat country presenting an alternance of vines and pine tree forests. If Pessac-Léognan produces only red and dry white wines, one can there also produce a sweet white wine under the Graves Supérieures appellation name.

Further south, close to Langon, we arrive in the sweet white wines kingdom: Cérons, Barsac and Sauternes. The two last ones are neighbours, but yet they are so different!
Barsac is a flat appellation (average altitude 25 m) where the estates are separated by dry stones walls: a wine producer can there produce his wine either under Sauternes or Barsac appellation.
Sauternes, a hillside going up from the Garonne river to reach the altitude of 100 m close to the village of Sauternes. There are smooth slopes everywhere, covered with vines and castles.
The 1855 classification was established for both Sauternes and Barsac, which are just separated by a brook, the Ciron, which is responsible of their celebrity. Without this small stream and the fog it generates in the morning during September and October, there would be no "Noble rot", this fungus which allows to produce those worldwide famous sweet white wines.

We offer so far just one one-day trail walk around Sauternes (which can be split in 2 half days hikes).

Other walks will arrive soon to improve this region's discovery tours.