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Canard-Duchêne cellar sabering experience and tour with tasting

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Duration: from 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours

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Entrance fees included

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Discover an introduction to the practice of sabrage with technical explanation
Explore six kilometers of the House's cellars and the main stages in the production of champagnes
Enjoy a unique tasting of the sabré wine

What to expect

Located in Ludes, a village classified as Premier Cru, Canard-Duchêne has been at the heart of the greatest Pinot Noir terroirs of the Montagne de Reims since 1868, found halfway between Reims and Epernay.

You'll discover part of the six kilometers of the House's cellars and the main stages in the production of the champagnes. During the high point of this experience, you will learn how to saber a Canard-Duchêne cuvée. A technical explanation will be given to you before the sabering (a technique for opening a champagne bottle with a saber) in order to give you the right gestures and to teach you the art of sabering. This initiation will be practiced outdoors, with the saber of the House, in the Parc de Canard-Duchêne.

Finally, you will have a taste of the sabré wine and weather permitting, a guided tour of the vineyard will complete your visit.

What's included

Entrance fees
Guided tour
Wine tasting

What's not included

Hotel pick-up/drop-off
Transfer

Where

1 Rue Edmond Canard, Ludes, France

Meeting point:

Kindly make your way to the vineyard in Ludes.

What to remember

Opening hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday (closed on Saturdays in January and February)
Visiting Hours: 10:30 a.m., 2:00 p.m., 4:30 p.m - visit in French & 11:30 am, 3:00 pm - visit in English (subject to availability)

Kindly note that transfer to Ludes is not included
The temperature in the cellars may reach 10 degrees so please dress accordingly
There are 130 steps down and up the cellar without a lift
For people with reduced mobility, a film retracing the history of Canard-Duchêne and the production of Champagne wines may be offered

Provider

Champagne Canard Duchêne

Booking fee

Good news! No extra fees are applied to this booking.

Cancellation policy

Receive a 100% refund if you cancel up to 72 hours before the experience begins.

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