En-route escapes | Vine dining
Make the most of your time in France with our bespoke en route escapes. These special experiences allow you to explore more of France and offer a sense of escapism whilst being conveniently located just a short drive from the main routes from Calais to the Alps, making them ideal for prolonging your trip or elevating your journey to or from resort.
So why not treat yourself, take your time travelling down, or heading home, and prolong that holiday feeling.
Le Richebourg 4* hotel | Burgundy
Located between Dijon and Beaune, the vineyards of the Côte d'Or in Burgundy form a 40km long ribbon of wine-growing estates on the hillsides south of Dijon, where some of the best wines in the world are produced from Nuits-Saint-Georges to Vosne-Romanée. The Climats of Bourgogne, the patchwork of clearly delimited vineyards, were included on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2015. They differ from each other due to their specific geology and exposure, creating a stunning mosaic effect on the landscape. This outstanding site of grape cultivation and wine production has been developed since the early Middle Ages.
Ideally situated on Burgundy’s Route des Grands Cru in the village of Vosne-Romanée, a stone's throw from the famous Romanée Conti, is Le Richebourg. This exceptional destination hotel features a gourmet restaurant and a 450m2 spa and is in a unique setting, amongst the vines in the heart of the renowned Mongeard-Mugneret wine estate.
The vineyard: The Domaine Mongeard-Mugneret has been cultivated by the same family for more than eight generations, since around 1620 (and under its current name since 1945). The Domaine is planted with two grape varieties; a Chardonnay for the white Burgundys and a Pinot Noir, which allows the creation of some of the world’s most complex reds. It covers around 30 hectares, produces 35 appellations of white and red Burgundy wines including Vosne-Romanée, Nuits-Saint-Georges, Vougeot, Échezeaux and Clos de Vougeot, and 5 Grand Crus (Clos du Vougeot, Echezeaux, Richebourg, Grand Echezeaux and Echezeaux “La Grande Complication”). Keeping with tradition, the wine is made, aged (over 18 to 22 months) and then bottled at the Domaine in order to guarantee the authenticity of their vintages.
The gourmet restaurant (open daily) is run by Chef Romuald Sikorski using local, seasonal produce to create inventive dishes that reflect French gastromony and the region. As well as large windows that flood the interior of the restaurant with light, it has a beautiful terrace overlooking the kitchen garden, so naturally home-grown fruits, vegetables and herbs are used where possible! The restaurant wouldn’t be complete without an extensive wine list offering the Grands Cru de Bourgogne. Vegetarians are well catered for, as are children.
The spa: vineaSpa, which opened in 2018, is set over two floors in a new building next to the main hotel (linked by a corridor). It is open daily from 9am-8pm. The spa features a steam room, sauna, different types of experience showers, hot tub, ice fountain and a relaxation pool with massage jets. There are treatment rooms for massages and beauty treatments, open to all.
Le Richebourg has 30 spacious, elegant rooms. Each room is unique and decorated tastefully with designer furniture and views onto the garden, the estate’s vines or the village lanes.
In the bathrooms, which have either a shower or a bath, you’ll find Vinésime or Thalgo toiletries, slippers and bath robes, and a hairdryer, for your comfort. Each room also has a minibar, 50” flat screen TV, free fibre-optic Wi-Fi, telephone, air conditioning, triple glazing, electric blinds, safe, JBL clock radio, Nespresso coffee machine, bottled water and some welcome sweet treats. Cot available for babies on request, free of charge. A babysitting service is also available for a supplement.
Room types:
Privilege room sleeps 2 (c.17-30m2): king-size bed or 2 single beds
Prestige room sleeps 2-4 (c.35m2): king-size bed or 2 single beds. View over the hotel gardens and the Vosne-Romanée vineyard (the Prestige Terrace room sleeps 2 and has a private terrace with sun loungers)
Prestige Cocoon terrace room sleeps 2 (c.30m2): king-size bed or 2 single beds. Private hot tub and terrace with sun loungers. Views over the hotel gardens and the Vosne-Romanée vineyard
Hotel prices 2023/24 (Half-Board)
Prices for Mon-Fri night + Sun night, please enquire for prices Saturday night price - from £203/pp/night depending on date of stay in a Privilege room (enquire for other room pricing)
Enjoy breakfast, dinner with 3-course 'Richebourg' menu plus wine tasting with a local wine expert, access to the spa area (one hour in the VINEASPA with sauna, steam room, hot tub, relaxation pool and sensory showers).
Prices do not include: Local tourist tax c.€2.30/pp/night (aged 18+), supplement for dogs €19/dog/night.