点评:As we were travelling to the Left Bank and rather pressed for time on the day of our tasting, we tried to switch to a 60-minute tour instead of the 90-minute one we'd originally booked. We're so glad that we stuck with the longer tour of this marvellous family-run vineyard in the end!
It was absolutely wonderful learning about the history of Chateau Figeac and its wines from our extremely knowledgeable guide Gwen. We could really feel her passion for wine and her pride in the vineyard. We were also extremely lucky because they had just started harvesting and we got a behind the scenes peek into the production process. My husband was particularly impressed by the optical scanner that blazed away, sorting 1600 grapes per second. To top off this amazing experience, in came Madame Manoncourt herself to the tasting room. She was very excited about the harvest, and very sweetly obliged when we asked for a photo with her!
And of course, the highlight – the tasting. Both Chateau Figeac and Petit Figeac, their second wine, were so delicious they were easily among my favourite wines from our trip. We were prepared to order a couple of cases home but alas they don't sell their wines at the vineyard. We'll definitely be hunting them down in Singapore!
翻译:当我们前往左岸旅行并且在品尝当天时间很紧迫时,我们尝试改成 60 分钟的游览,而不是我们最初预订的 90 分钟。我们很高兴最终坚持了对这个奇妙的家庭经营葡萄园的长期游览!
从我们知识渊博的导游格温那里了解飞卓酒庄及其葡萄酒的历史真是太棒了。我们真的能感受到她对葡萄酒的热情和对葡萄园的自豪。我们也非常幸运,因为他们刚刚开始收获,我们得以在幕后一窥生产过程。我丈夫对每秒分拣 1600 颗葡萄的光速扫描仪印象特别深刻。为了结束这一奇妙的体验,Manoncourt 夫人亲自来到了品酒室。她对收获感到非常兴奋,当我们要求与她合影时,她非常甜蜜地答应了!
当然,亮点 - 品尝。 Chateau Figeac 和他们的副牌酒 Petit Figeac 都非常美味,它们很容易成为我们旅行中我最喜欢的葡萄酒之一。我们准备订购几箱回家,但遗憾的是他们不在葡萄园出售他们的葡萄酒。我们一定会在新加坡追捕他们!