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Caves Ambacia: Historical Wine Tasting Tour in Loire Valley's Amboise
4.6
178 Ratings
Amboise
Experience the rich history of wine making in the Loire Valley’s Amboise Caves Ambacia. Explore 16th century troglodyte caves, indulge in a 5-sense wine tour, and enjoy a wine tasting class with a collection wine. Optional food and wine pairing available.
Experience the rich history of wine making in the Loire Valley’s Amboise Caves Ambacia. Explore 16th century troglodyte caves, indulge in a 5-sense wine tour, and enjoy a wine tasting class with a collection wine. Optional food and wine pairing available.
Duration:
1 hour, 15 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Caves Ambacia - The tour in the Caves includes :
- Sensorial Experience : waking up and stimulation of your 5 senses
- The Vintages Odysseus : discovery of the wine collection through 150 years of wine history
- Initiation and tasting of 3 exceptional wines led by a sommelier
- Caves Ambacia - The tour in the Caves includes :
- Sensorial Experience : waking up and stimulation of your 5 senses
- The Vintages Odysseus : discovery of the wine collection through 150 years of wine history
- Initiation and tasting of 3 exceptional wines led by a sommelier
What's Included
- Wine tasting class guided by a Sommelier
- Sensorial experience to awaken all 5 senses
- Explore 150 years of wine history with The Vintages Odysseus collection
- Wine tasting class guided by a Sommelier
- Sensorial experience to awaken all 5 senses
- Explore 150 years of wine history with The Vintages Odysseus collection
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Food and Drinks, Personal Expenses
- Gratuities
- Food and Drinks, Personal Expenses
Additional Information
Discover five centuries of winemaking history in the Loire Valley at Caves Ambacia.
Serving as wine dealers since 1874, we invite you to explore our troglodyte caves from the 16th century.
The guided tour features a sensory experience, visits to our cellars showcasing the Duhard wine collection, and a wine-tasting class where you sample three select…
Discover five centuries of winemaking history in the Loire Valley at Caves Ambacia.
Serving as wine dealers since 1874, we invite you to explore our troglodyte caves from the 16th century.
The guided tour features a sensory experience, visits to our cellars showcasing the Duhard wine collection, and a wine-tasting class where you sample three select wines, one of which is from our collection.
Additional options include:
- A delectable assortment of food and wine pairings with a platter of cheeses and charcuterie.
- Visit the ‘Epicerie,’ a deli offering a selection of French delicacies and cheeses.
- A bistrot with a stunning view of the Loire River.
- We provide wine shipping services worldwide.
Savor the distinct flavors of the Loire Valley!
Location
Caves Ambacia
Rue du Rocher des Violettes
The Caves Ambacia, Rue du Rocher des Violettes, Amboise, France
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(178 Ratings)
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Jerry_d
May 5, 2025
2 hrs very well spent - Right in the town of Amboise. We are not wine aficionados so we learned a lot about French wine and the unique wine making traditions here in the Lorie Valley. Got to taste 6 wines, small robots also provided. For the price it was an exceptional value.
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Patrick_g
Apr 22, 2025
In the Caves - Short but powerful! Our guide was extremely knowledgeable and entertaining. Bring paper and pen for notes!
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765g_raldinef
Apr 17, 2025
A very good time! - Very interesting visit with a beautiful cellar, relevant explanations and tasting at the top! Possibility to buy tasted products: wines and / or cold cuts cheese.
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Adele
Apr 16, 2025
A definite highlight of our week in Amboise - We learnt so much about the process of winemaking and wines of the region. Our host made us so welcome and introduced us to all the factors that influence a great quality wine. It was a great interactive tour, which even appealed to our teenage sons. we loved tasting the wines of the region at the end of the tour and paired with meats and cheeses, it made it a very special afternoon.
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Janecz5053jb
Apr 4, 2025
Fabulously fabulous - I can’t put into words how much we enjoyed our experience at Caves Ambacia. It’s was bad weather day and we were the only people in attendance so were able to do our tasting with the charcuterie and cheese board.
The absolutely delightful young man who guided our tasting (who had lived in our hometown of Sydney Australia for a few years) was friendly, knowledgeable and informative.
The food was exquisite.
To have a day filled with French wine, food and castles was a pinnacle day on our French road trip.
Vive la Vouvray!!
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Chatwithmatt
Feb 24, 2025
One of the most enjoyable times during our trip! - Amboise and Vouvray were both overnight stops for us during the tail-end of our 30-day trip to France. We walked in, likely looking a little confused and were asked if we were the party from the U.S. to join the wine tasting. We said, "no, but we'd like to be!" and just like that we were seated as others started filling in. In the meantime a very nice gentleman began pouring wine while explaining some of the finer details of the libation. The conversation was lively and highly educational...perhaps the most during our entire trip. Turns out, the man was Pascal Mineau, the owner and current wine-maker. We had a very enjoyable hour just absorbing his inexhaustible passion for wine-making. He was not only funny, but unpretentious, and down to earth...encouraging us to wander around in the caves for as long as we wanted...un-escorted. There was no charge for the tasting (like most places in France when you walk in) by we walked away with many yummy bottles including a 1977. Pascal was kind enough to take a photo with us and continue to answer my questions. (WSET graduate) Lots of fun, a great cave to not only cool off in during the summer, but amazing in and of itself! Don't pass up the chance to test your nose at the smelling stations! Awesome!
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Mauriciomathey
Feb 24, 2025
An unmissable experience in the Loire Valley - A very good explanation of the guide who attended us, of the best we have had in several visits counting Saint Emilion, Tuscany, Portugal, Spain and Argentina. He took all the time necessary to explain the different wine-growing areas of the Loire Valley, super interesting. They have an area where one experiences the different aromas associated with white and red wines. Highly recommended.
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Ferretfree
Jan 15, 2025
Brilliant! - We absolutely loved our tour and wine tasting. Tomas was friendly, knowledgeable and accommodating. His English was excellent and we enjoyed hearing about the processes and history.
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885christelc
Dec 29, 2024
Exciting - Exciting visit, Thomas, our guide did not count his time or energy to share his passion , thank you again for this moment!!!!
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Dansx9513gj
Dec 18, 2024
If you only have time for one wine tasting / tour in Amboise, this is the one! - I can't begin to quantify how many wine tasting experiences my wife and I have had over the years but I can state here this one is was far and away the best wine tasting / tour that I've ever participated in. It was an education as much as it was a tasting and if you are lucky enough to get Thomas, you will have a wonderful experience. Some of the tour you are semi-exploring on your own and the path leads you to the tasting room where wines are sampled and paired with wonderful cheeses. It turned out to just be the two of us for ours (we visited during a slower season) so I suspect bigger groups would take longer, but this isn't something you would need to plan an abundance of time for. It is very informative and at a pace that's not rushed but also not sluggish. We would do it all over again.
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