Muscadet vineyards and Clisson

Thirty kilometers southeast via the D137 then D149, the rolling Sèvre-et-Maine hills sit on schist and gneiss that shape Muscadet’s sharp, saline edge. You pass Vertou and La Haye-Fouassière to reach Gorges and Clisson, a fortified town recast in the 1800s with Italianate flair along the Sèvre Nantaise. Timbered market halls, a broken castle, the Garenne Lemot follies, and working cellars explain how crus like Clisson, Gorges, and Monnières–Saint‑Fiacre gained depth through extended lees aging.

The day is structured yet flexible: hotel pickup in Nantes, a comfortable Mercedes at your disposal, and your driver handles the roads while you taste. With a private chauffeur in Nantes who knows the back lanes between Maisdon‑sur‑Sèvre and Le Pallet, your pre-booked estate visits run smoothly; he waits during tours and adapts the pace. Expect two seated tastings, a terroir lunch under Clisson’s market halls, a stroll in the Garenne Lemot park, then an easy run back on the D137 with a final look over the Sèvre–Maine confluence.