Tour Price: high

Where Rosé Became $100

Château d'Esclans Garrus Experience

Birthplace of Whispering Angel - but that's their entry wine. The Garrus Experience (€75) shows where rosé became serious wine: old-vine Grenache, oak fermentation, white Burgundy techniques.

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Château d'Esclans Garrus Experience
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City

La Motte

Country

🇫🇷 France

Duration

2 hours

Visiting Château d'Esclans

When to go

The seven-day 10:00-19:00 pattern runs only from 1 May to 30 September. From 1 October to 30 April the estate is closed on Sundays and shuts at 18:00 Monday to Thursday. Harvest has traditionally run through September, picking from sunrise to noon, though in July 2026 the estate said it expected to start around 10 August. Children enter free, but strollers are barred from the cellars.

Sources: esclans.comthedrinksbusiness.com

Practical details

Book through the estate's visiting page, which carries a booking link for each tier; travel agencies, hotels and other corporate bookers are routed to a separate channel. Hours are 10:00-19:00 seven days a week from 1 May to 30 September; from 1 October to 30 April the estate opens 10:00-18:00 Monday to Thursday, 10:00-19:00 Friday and Saturday, and is closed on Sunday. Tastings are 18 and over, and only rosé is poured.

Source: esclans.com

Getting there

The address is 4005 route de Callas, 83920 La Motte en Provence. France's national address base puts that street number at 43.52958 N, 6.567743 E, roughly three and a half kilometres from the middle of La Motte, a commune of 3,071 people. Come by car; the estate publishes parking, including spaces for reduced mobility. It is stop 13 on the French Riviera Rosé Route, three stops after Domaines Ott.

Sources: esclans.comapi-adresse.data.gouv.fr

About Château d'Esclans

Good to know

Languages
English-friendly

What to do there

2 things to do

Insider Tips

  • Don't judge d'Esclans by Whispering Angel - that's their entry wine

  • Garrus (€100+) uses white Burgundy techniques - oak fermentation, lees aging

  • The cellar tour reveals why: old-vine Grenache, tiny yields, serious winemaking

  • Book "Garrus Experience" specifically, not the standard tour

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