Check-In, Estate Tour & Tasting
Les Sources de Caudalie is closely tied to Château Smith Haut Lafitte, with the vineyards, spa, restaurants, and cellar culture forming a single estate environment. A property tasting gives Bordeaux context through the immediate setting rather than through a separate tasting room alone. The experience reflects the estate's connection to wine, hospitality, and the region's agricultural identity. It is best understood as an introduction to the property's own ecosystem of vineyards, dining, and service.
Welcome Dinner at La Grand'Vigne
Two MICHELIN Stars
La Grand'Vigne is the two-MICHELIN-star restaurant at Les Sources de Caudalie, set within the vineyards of Château Smith Haut Lafitte. Nicolas Masse's cuisine is closely tied to Aquitaine, with attention to regional produce, southwest ingredients, and the wines of Pessac-Léognan. The cooking is polished and legible, designed to reveal product quality rather than obscure it. The restaurant's strength lies in its alignment of place, cellar, service, and regional sourcing.
Les Sources de Caudalie
Three MICHELIN Keys
Two MICHELIN Stars (La Grand'Vigne - Les Sources de Caudalie)
No. 5 The World's 50 Best Vineyards (2025) (Château Smith Haut Lafitte)
Daily Breakfast (La Table du Lavoir)
Les Sources de Caudalie is set within the vineyards of Château Smith Haut Lafitte, just outside Bordeaux. The property combines countryside hospitality, a vinotherapy spa, and a dining program led by the two-MICHELIN-star La Grand'Vigne. Rooms and suites are individually styled, with the estate's vineyard setting shaping the rhythm of the stay. La Table du Lavoir provides a more relaxed breakfast and dining setting, keeping the property closely connected to wine, wellness, and the cooking of southwest France.
Château Smith Haut Lafitte Vineyard Tour, Tasting & Lunch
No. 5 The World's 50 Best Vineyards (2025)
Château Smith Haut Lafitte is a Grand Cru Classé estate in Pessac-Léognan with a history that reaches back to the 14th century. The property is known for biodynamic farming, biodiversity work, its own cooperage, and a hospitality approach that connects wine, art, wellness, and landscape. The wines draw from gravel terroir and the traditional Bordeaux varieties, with both red and white bottlings central to the estate's reputation. A visit offers a detailed view of Bordeaux through vineyard stewardship, cellar precision, and a highly developed estate culture.
Dinner at La Tupina
MICHELIN Selected Restaurant
La Tupina is a MICHELIN-selected Bordeaux institution known for the cooking of southwest France. The restaurant centers on hearth, seasonal produce, duck fat potatoes, roasted meats, and dishes that speak directly to the region's appetite and traditions. Its country-inn character gives the room a grounded, lived-in quality that contrasts with more formal dining addresses. The experience is valuable because it shows Bordeaux through local cooking rather than château polish.
Les Sources de Caudalie
Three MICHELIN Keys
Two MICHELIN Stars (La Grand'Vigne - Les Sources de Caudalie)
No. 5 The World's 50 Best Vineyards (2025) (Château Smith Haut Lafitte)
Daily Breakfast (La Table du Lavoir)
Les Sources de Caudalie is set within the vineyards of Château Smith Haut Lafitte, just outside Bordeaux. The property combines countryside hospitality, a vinotherapy spa, and a dining program led by the two-MICHELIN-star La Grand'Vigne. Rooms and suites are individually styled, with the estate's vineyard setting shaping the rhythm of the stay. La Table du Lavoir provides a more relaxed breakfast and dining setting, keeping the property closely connected to wine, wellness, and the cooking of southwest France.
Arcachon Oyster Producer Tour, Tasting & Lunch
Arcachon oysters express the Atlantic side of Bordeaux's culinary geography. A producer visit focuses on tides, salinity, cultivation, sorting, and the disciplined labor behind oyster farming. The tasting highlights freshness, texture, mineral character, and the difference that water and handling make. Lunch places the oysters within the coastal food culture of the basin, where simplicity and precision matter more than embellishment.
Bordelais Cooking Class & Dinner
A Bordelais cooking class gives practical form to the cuisine of southwest France. The session includes market produce, seafood, wine-based sauces, regional meats, and preparations shaped by Bordeaux's relationship to both vineyard and coast. The focus is on technique, ingredient choice, and the logic behind the region's table. Dinner follows from the class, presenting the dishes as food to understand rather than recipes to display.
Les Sources de Caudalie
Three MICHELIN Keys
Two MICHELIN Stars (La Grand'Vigne - Les Sources de Caudalie)
No. 5 The World's 50 Best Vineyards (2025) (Château Smith Haut Lafitte)
Daily Breakfast (La Table du Lavoir)
Les Sources de Caudalie is set within the vineyards of Château Smith Haut Lafitte, just outside Bordeaux. The property combines countryside hospitality, a vinotherapy spa, and a dining program led by the two-MICHELIN-star La Grand'Vigne. Rooms and suites are individually styled, with the estate's vineyard setting shaping the rhythm of the stay. La Table du Lavoir provides a more relaxed breakfast and dining setting, keeping the property closely connected to wine, wellness, and the cooking of southwest France.
Château Haut-Brion Vineyard Tour & Tasting
Château Haut-Brion is one of Bordeaux's five First Growth estates and the only one in the 1855 Classification located outside the Médoc. The estate's history reaches back to the 16th century, with a reputation shaped by Pessac-Léognan's gravel and clay soils. Its red wines are known for depth, earth, smoke, and longevity, while Château Haut-Brion Blanc is among Bordeaux's rarest and most significant dry white wines. A visit gives Bordeaux historical and sensory weight through one of its most consequential estates.
Lunch at Au Comptoir d'Augusta
MICHELIN Selected Restaurant
Au Comptoir d'Augusta is a more relaxed counterpart to the Clos d'Augusta dining room, with an intimate setting and an open-kitchen feel. The cooking is contemporary but built on classical foundations, with charcoal-grilled meats, seasonal dishes, and clear flavors at the center. The room is informal without feeling casual, making the restaurant useful for a polished midday meal. Its strength lies in direct cooking, warm service, and a confident Bordeaux point of view.
Farewell Dinner at Maison Nouvelle
Two MICHELIN Stars
Maison Nouvelle is Philippe Etchebest's two-MICHELIN-star restaurant in Bordeaux's Chartrons district. The dining room is polished and welcoming, with a seasonal tasting menu grounded in local produce and disciplined technique. Signature references include mushroom ravioles, foie gras, vegetarian dishes, and other preparations that show the kitchen's range. The restaurant balances fine dining structure with warmth, giving Bordeaux a contemporary gastronomic address with a clear sense of identity.
Les Sources de Caudalie
Three MICHELIN Keys
Two MICHELIN Stars (La Grand'Vigne - Les Sources de Caudalie)
No. 5 The World's 50 Best Vineyards (2025) (Château Smith Haut Lafitte)
Daily Breakfast (La Table du Lavoir)
Les Sources de Caudalie is set within the vineyards of Château Smith Haut Lafitte, just outside Bordeaux. The property combines countryside hospitality, a vinotherapy spa, and a dining program led by the two-MICHELIN-star La Grand'Vigne. Rooms and suites are individually styled, with the estate's vineyard setting shaping the rhythm of the stay. La Table du Lavoir provides a more relaxed breakfast and dining setting, keeping the property closely connected to wine, wellness, and the cooking of southwest France.
Les Sources de Caudalie
Three MICHELIN Keys
Two MICHELIN Stars (La Grand'Vigne - Les Sources de Caudalie)
No. 5 The World's 50 Best Vineyards (2025) (Château Smith Haut Lafitte)
Daily Breakfast (La Table du Lavoir)
Les Sources de Caudalie is set within the vineyards of Château Smith Haut Lafitte, just outside Bordeaux. The property combines countryside hospitality, a vinotherapy spa, and a dining program led by the two-MICHELIN-star La Grand'Vigne. Rooms and suites are individually styled, with the estate's vineyard setting shaping the rhythm of the stay. La Table du Lavoir provides a more relaxed breakfast and dining setting, keeping the property closely connected to wine, wellness, and the cooking of southwest France.
