Hotel Palais Cardinal, Saint Emilion

Most people who go to the wine districts in Bordeaux visit the old medieval town Saint Emilion a couple of hours in the middle of the day. I would recommend to to the opposite: stay at the nice Hotel Palais Cardinal a couple of days and spend the mornings and evenings in Saint Emilion when it is not so crowed and go to Graves, Cognac and the other places over the day.

http://www.palais-cardinal.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Emilion