Féria au Château, April 5 and 6
🌶️The vintage 2021 of DOMAINE DOMINICA’s Cuvée Aldabea is a blend of 70% tannat and 30% cabernet franc. Organically farmed, the vineyard’s one hectare of vines yielded a tiny production of 1,530 bottles. So let’s take advantage of this real rarity in the IROULÉGUY appellation to compare it to the very “haut-médocain” blend of our CHÂTEAU HOURTIN-DUCASSE 2021, then to our vin de France LES HAUTS DE PEYRAHAUT 2021. This workshop will continue with our 2 freshnesses, LES ROSES DE MARIE 2024, our very recently bottled rosé, and noGGIN, our spirit.
Tastings: 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., every hour
🌶️Patxi, a mechanical bull, invites you to get on its back… and stay there. It’s up to you!
🌶️CHEZ NATOU will be setting up in the garden with his foodtruck. Tapas, tapas and tapas. You’ll be spoilt for choice when it comes to enjoying the flavours of the Basque Country… For lunch and beyond.
🌶️Natou’s cotton candy and pancakes for those with a sweet tooth and for even more pleasure. Thanks Natou.
🌶️PINATAS for children. Don’t be late! There will be lots of sweets and toys to collect.
Pinata entertainment: 12h00- 14h00 – 16h00
🌶️COCKTAILS with noGGIN: red cocktails, very red cocktails with the txaNOli, which introduces you to sparkling Basque white wine, the Paseillo, full of elegance, and the Bandido, reminiscent of the freshness of green pastures. Watch out for the peppers! You tell us…
🌶️The EWES and their lambs will be there (some of them). They’re from the Landes! They’ll be there as neighbors.
🌶️TO COMPLETE THE FUN, babyfoot, table tennis, a checkers, pétanque, tictactoe… will be available.
- 1 hour
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Participants : From 1 to 50 Persons
L'Apéro in the Chais
For epicureans and authenticity lovers, after a guided tour where we tell you about our experiences but also our convictions in the vineyards as well as in the cellars, we offer you a rich tasting of 6 wines, sitting in the heart of the barrel cellar around a plate of local products; bull sausage, grenier Médocain … but also homemade cannelés.
A nice moment of sharing.
- 1 hour
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Participants : From 2 to 30 Persons
L'Ampélo...
Or L’Ampélographie, to understand everything about our grape varieties and our blending and maturing techniques.
Connoisseurs will appreciate this impressive tasting which, step by step, allows to understand the richness of the blended wines. 4 single-variety wines, then the blended wine are taken from the barrels and tasted with their berries. We tell you and we taste. Then, 5 other wines, already bottled are served around a plate of the terroir.
An experience rich in information and flavors.
- 1h30
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Participants : From 2 to 10 Persons
Le Goûter in the Cellar
For the children too! You start with a guided tour in the cellars (with lots of riddles for the children). We continue with a tasting of 6 wines for the older ones and 2 grape juices for the younger ones, merlot and cabernet-sauvignon; we tell you about each of them and their differences. Salted and sweet cannelés, all homemade, accompany these tastings.
So many delicacies!
- 1 hour
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Participants : From 1 to 20 Persons
The Well-deserved Goûter, with a treasure hunt
No visit to the cellars but a treasure hunt in the vineyards with the family that tells you about the biodiversity of the domain (about an hour). Once the treasure is found, we join together for a tasting of 6 wines for the older ones and 2 grape juices for the younger ones, merlot and cabernet-sauvignon; we tell you about each of them and their differences. Salted and sweet cannelés, all homemade, accompany these tastings.
Well-deserved delicacies!
- 1h30
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Participants : From 1 to 20 Persons
Picnic in the Garden
After the visit of your choice, seated between 2 rows of vines or at L’Abri (if the weather requires it), enjoy a nice table with linen napkins, tablecloth, glasses and cutlery… and a basket full of local and good products. Crate of the farm or Crate of the fisheries, your choice! And if the picnic is too greedy, a “For later” box is available.
25€ per personPlease note that reservations are subject to validation by the team.
- 3 hours