Cellar door sales
Do get in touch if you would like to buy some wine from us at 'the cellar door'.
Email gavin@bauduc.com and/or angela@bauduc.com or best to Click this link to email us both.
Or WhatsApp, text or call Gavin on 00 33 6 42 32 98 53
or Angela on 00 33 6 50 10 85 21
En Français, Nelly 00 33 6 62 94 17 03
Let us know when you would like to come, Monday to Friday. Weekends might be possible.
Prices for our whites, red, rosé and sparkling wines range from €7.50 to €16 per bottle at the château. Contact Gavin for the best cash deals at the cellar door. If you're a regular customer, come and say hello - again, with some advance notice please!
Our French prices are shown here.
Delivery charges for France are listed in this pdf here.
Wine tastings - two options:
A. Try before you buy
We can open a bottle or two in the tasting room near 'the cellar door' - do give us some advance notice. Or…
B. Tutored tasting at the Château
We - usually Gavin, occasionally Angela - can host a tasting at our beautiful château. (It's unusual in Bordeaux to be welcomed into a château for a tasting by owners who actually live in it.) We recommend the tasting is booked for a late morning slot, arriving at 11.30am, Monday to Friday, subject to availability. This will give you time to go to a local restaurant or café for lunch afterwards.
The tasting of 6 wines costs €50 for 2 people or €20 per person for a group of 3 or 4. For 5 or more it’s €17 per head. There will be our sparkling Crémant plus two dry whites, two reds and our rosé (unless you'd prefer another line-up).
Each person’s tasting fee is refundable against a purchase of €80 or more on wine to take away. For example, if 3 guests spend €80+ each on bottles on the spot, their tasting fees are waived, whereas a group of 3 buying €80 of wine between them would pay €40 for the 2 tasting fees, plus €80 for the wines.
Also on this page
- Local market on Wednesday
- Local restaurants
- Directions and map
- Recommended by Victoria Moore, the Telegraph
- Express bus from Bordeaux city
- More on places to eat and amenities map
Créon market on Wednesday morning
There is an excellent food market in Créon just a kilometre away every Wednesday morning from 8.30am, if you want to combine the trip.
Local restaurants
A 10-15 minute walk and 150m from the end of Rue Bauduc in Créon is a huge café, bar and deli called Les Halles de Créon. This was opened in 2023 by Le Fournil de Créon next door - itself a highly successful bakery and patisserie. At the back of this impressive building is the café, along with an outdoor terrace. You can have a plate of charcuterie, salads, a sandwich or whatever, along with a cold draught beer, a glass of wine, soft drinks or a coffee. It's open throughout the day.
Chez Titut is a good local restaurant in the main square in Créon - a 20 minute walk or short drive. Tel +33 5 56 42 98 40. You can reserve a table online and the lunch menu from Monday to Friday is terrific value for under €20. NB last orders are at 1.45pm. Chez Titut has a large garden out the back and is open from 12pm to 1.45pm and 7pm to 10pm, from Tuesday to Saturday. Opening hours change according to the seasons so do check on google maps.
See below for more ideas on where to eat locally.
Directions and map
We are 15 miles SE of the city of Bordeaux, at 31 Rue Bauduc, Créon 33670. You should find Château Bauduc on Google Maps, GPS etc. Come all the way down Rue Bauduc to the end and through the stone gateposts into the vineyard, with our Château Bauduc sign on the right. Drive down the tree-lined drive and there's a sign to the 'chai/winery', going past the pond on your right, and you can park in the yard, such as under the tree near the old Citroen van. The tasting room for 'the cellar door' is the first door on the right hand side, straight ahead as you come down the drive.
If we're not there, call or text us as above. Alternatively, if the tasting has been arranged to be at the Château itself then follow the little sign along the drive marked 'Château/Privé'.
Recommended by Victoria Moore, the Telegraph
Don't take our word for it. Here are five Bordeaux châteaux to visit, as picked out by the Telegraph's wine correspondent: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/france/aquitaine/bordeaux/articles/bordeaux-wine-guide/
Bordeaux city to Château Bauduc Express bus 470
There's a newish express coach service from the centre of Bordeaux to Créon, with stop at the end of Rue Bauduc. The Bordeaux-Créon 470 runs Monday to Friday, every hour on the hour at each end from 7am to 10pm, and more frequently from 7am-9am and 4pm-7pm. Bordeaux to Creon takes 35-40 minutes. Each journey costs €2.50, day return €4.50 (2025) in cash, no cards.
- Every hour on the hour from either end
- More frequent during rush hour
- €4.50 return, tickets in cash onboard
- Three stops in the centre of Bordeaux
- Smart new coaches, Wifi and USB ports
- 35 minute journey, limited stops
- Créon Gendarmerie is the stop by Rue Bauduc
- 10 minute walk to the vineyard
- We can collect a group if you text ahead
The three stops in Bordeaux city
- Place de la République, in front of the big colonnaded building (5 minutes walk from the Cathedral)
- Rue Victor Hugo, Musée d'Aquitaine (near Rue St-Catherine)
- Rue Victor Hugo, Porte de Bourgogne on the quais by Pont de Pierre
Click here for the pdf of the Bordeaux-Créon 470 timetable.
Other places to eat
We've mentioned above Les Halles de Créon near end of Rue Bauduc in Créon - a huge café, bar and deli next door to Le Fournil de Créon the bakery. Le Fournil de Créon is open from 7am to 8pm, 7 days a week. You can choose from a selection of sandwich fillings and styles of bread.
Maison Catarino is another bakery that's not far away and with similar opening hours, and the sandwiches and salads are excellent. We recommend that you buy sandwiches before a visit to Bauduc at 11am, not after, as they often sell out. We can put them somewhere cool for you.
We said Chez Titut is the good local restaurant in the main square in Créon, and you can reserve a table online. There's also a sandwich bar next to Chez Titut, a creperie plus a good café called La Tasse qui fume, all in that main square called La Place de la Prevoté.
The Restaurant de l’Abbaye at La Sauve nearby is also very good. Check opening times on Google Maps, tel +33 5 56 23 21 58
There's a Bistro Regent off the roundabout opposite Carrefour heading away from the town (see below). It’s a popular chain of restaurants offering a good value steak and chips formula. Modern, tasty and efficient - and open until 2.15pm for lunch. If you're with kids, you may want to know there's a 'McDo' on the edge of the town near Carrefour.
If you're heading to the famous wine village of St-Emilion or the fabulous city of Bordeaux, allow half an hour's drive, plus time to park up. Note that last orders for lunch in many restaurants is 1.45/2pm. Please let us know at the start of your visit if you need to leave in good time.
Here is a map of Créon showing Les Halles de Créon, Le Fournil, Maison Catarino, Chez Titut and other places of note, taken from our farmhouse guide, 'the local area'.
